If you want to look at a real-world compiler, check out the Go suite of "gc" compilers, which are mostly written by Ken Thompson. The source for the Go ARM com

If you want to look at a real-world compiler, check out the Go suite of "gc" compilers, which are mostly written by Ken Thompson. The source for the Go ARM compiler is at http://golang.org/src/cmd/5g/ http://golang.org/src/cmd/5g/, or you you can browse the entire Go source tree at http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse. The Go compilers are very fast. For most of the code I've developed (several hundred lines per package) I rarely have to wait more than 0.1 seconds to compile and link on my 2.4GHz i5.