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This comprehensive text explains the principles and techniques that underlie modern compiler construction. It systematically covers compiler architecture, lexical processing with regular expressions and finite automata, grammar-based syntax analysis using LL, LR, and bottom‑up parsers, and syntax‑directed translation. It then addresses type systems, run‑time environments, and code generation, including intermediate representation and optimization strategies.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Technology & Computing/Programming
Authors: Alfred V. Aho
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