The Monica Lam sections in the second edition of the Dragon Book are out of this world good. Also, she's an excellent lecturer. Muchnick's book is still quite

The Monica Lam sections in the second edition of the Dragon Book are out of this world good. Also, she's an excellent lecturer. Muchnick's book is still quite good. A second semester compiler class is rarely taught and so everyone tries to squeeze too much into one semester. I almost wish they broke it in two and allowed students to take either half. LL(1) parsing isn't a prerequisite to static single assignment.