Kickstart Compiler Design Fundamentals

Unveiling Compiler Secrets from Source to Execution.

Book Description

Compilers are the backbone of modern computing, enabling programming languages to power everything from web applications to high-performance systems. Kickstart Compiler Design Fundamentals is the perfect starting point for anyone eager to explore the world of compiler construction.

This book takes a structured, beginner-friendly approach to demystifying core topics such as lexical analysis, syntax parsing, semantic analysis, and code optimization. The chapters follow a progressive learning path, beginning with the basics of function calls, memory management, and instruction selection. As you advance, you’ll dive into machine-independent optimizations, register allocation, instruction-level parallelism, and data flow analysis. You’ll also explore loop transformations, peephole optimization, and cutting-edge compiler techniques used in real-world frameworks like LLVM and GCC. Each concept is reinforced with hands-on exercises, practical examples, and real-world applications.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Compilers 2. Lexical Analysis and Regular Expressions 3. Lexical Analyzer Generators and Error Handling 4. Syntax Analysis Context-Free Grammars 5. Parsing Techniques 6. Semantic Analysis Attribute Grammars 7. Intermediate Code Generation 8. Control Flow 9. Run-Time Environment and Memory Management 10. Function Calls and Exception Handling 11. Code Generation and Instruction Selection 12. Register Allocation and Scheduling 13. Machine-Independent Optimizations and Local and Global Techniques 14. Loop and Peephole Optimization 15. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Pipelining 16. Optimizing for Parallelism and Locality 17. Inter Procedural Analysis and Optimization 18. Case Studies and Real-World Examples 19. Hands-on Exercises and Projects

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Utgivningsdatum

E-bok: 18 juni 2025