The compiler course I took was taught by Keith and Linda. Keith is certainly one of the best educators in the department, and, in my opinion, their book is also

The compiler course I took was taught by Keith and Linda. Keith is certainly one of the best educators in the department, and, in my opinion, their book is also of high pedagogical value. For me, its shining moments are the explanations of abstruse algorithms. The text takes the time to work through interesting example runs of the algorithms that illustrate all the facets of the computation. This was critical to my understanding of how the algorithms work, why they need to work that way, and how competing algorithms differ. It's also not the kind of book that needs to be read cover to cover. We went through the chapters out of order. If you can find matching lecture slides, that can be a great guide or survey of the material.