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I think this is exactly what people need. That is, something quick and a bit humorous yet informative; something that gives you a high-level overview, so that y
by OwnsE 7y ago
I think this is exactly what people need. That is, something quick and a bit humorous yet informative; something that gives you a high-level overview, so that you don't get baffled by the 1000-page thick Dragon book or whatnot.
- barrkel 7y agoA significant chunk of what the Dragon book covers is state machine theory, what you need to know if you're writing a compiler-compiler like yacc. The state of the art in code generation had moved on even for the edition I read in college back in 2004 or so, so the tail end of the book isn't super relevant. IMO it was never a good book for practical compiler implementation. It's better as an academic reference for compiler theory, especially DFA, NFA, PDA etc. construction.