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Nope, but have always loved playing around with compilers for languages like PL/0, Pascal (subset) and such. I have many books on compiler design[0] but my itch

Nope, but have always loved playing around with compilers for languages like PL/0, Pascal (subset) and such. I have many books on compiler design[0] but my itch is usually scratched by implementing a subset of a Wirth language as opposed to creating my own. I don't keep anything I write because it's fun to do it all over again later. [0] I think my oldest is "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers" by David Gries. My favorite isn't really a compiler book, it's Wirth's "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" because he implements PL/0. I used to have some PDFs by Thomas Christopher that used matrices to computer first, follow, etc sets that I thought was interesting, but have since lost those.

howerj 10y ago
I've just started writing my own PL/0 compiler, I found the best resource for it (apart from the Wikipedia articles on EBNF, PL/0 and P-Code) is Wirth's book "Compiler Construction" (http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf). I don't think later versions of "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" contains anything about PL/0 (or a I could not find anything in the contents page). Eitherway, I find Wirth's writing amazingly clear.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  Yes, my understanding is later editions of the book didn't include it.