Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters

By Deryck F. Brown, David Watt, Deryck Brown

Book Overview

This book provides a gently paced introduction to techniques for implementing programming languages by means of compilers and interpreters, using the object-oriented programming language Java. The book aims to exemplify good software engineering principles at the same time as explaining the specific techniques needed to build compilers and interpreters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130257869
• ISBN13: 9780130257864
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The best intro to compilers, period!

Very well organized, all source code for the compiler + Interpreter/Virtual Machine + Disassembler is available online. Good writing, good exercises (including answers to some of them), good selection of material to cover. If you want to have a good understanding of how copilers/interpreters work, and want good working source code for a demostration and to play with, then you must have this book. The fact that the implementation...

Simply the best Learing-by-Coding compiler book

This is really the greatest 'Compiler for Dummies' book as of today. I own and studied all books (total arround 80) about compiler constructions you can buy in the world today plus a lot of out of print titles, so I know what you can buy on the market... If you're looking for a learning-by-coding compiler book don't look futher. This is a great introbook for a Bachelor of Science of a Professional Bachelor student! If you...

Best introduction ever written.

I've purchased or borrowed 5 books on compiler design. There is no doubt that this book should be the choice for any introductory course. The authors explain everything tightly and provide a lot of actual examples in the text. All of it is in Java, of course. Don't worry if you don't use Java. It's very easy to understand if you have any experience with any OO language. I prefer Object Pascal and had no trouble whatsoever...

A Great Book

I have recently finished writing the Triangle compiler based on this great book for a compiler class I'm taking the code amounted to roughly 5000 lines of code and it's totaly based upon the instructions given in this book. I belive this is the best book written about writing compilers it's very easy to understand and the methods used such as the visitor pattern are extremely advanced and will improve ur level of java programming...

Clear and illustrative in telling you what you need to know

My situation: I am writing this because I feel that I owe a lot to the authors. I am a University student and I developed an interest in compilation and interpretation. I had access to a wide range of texts at my University but I struggled to get a foothold in the field. I was having difficulty turning the theory presented in these academic texts into practice in my own attempts at compilers.Ideal for me: I had given up on...