Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch

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A fun, hands-on guide to writing your own compiler for a real-world programming language.Compilers are at the heart of everything programmers do, yet even experienced developers find them intimidating. For those eager to truly grasp how compilers work, Writing a C Compiler dispels the mystery. This book guides you through a fun and engaging project where you&’ll learn what it takes to compile a real-world programming language to actual assembly code.Writing a C Compiler will take you step by step through the process of building your own compiler for a significant subset of C—no prior experience with compiler construction or assembly code needed. Once you&’ve built a working compiler for the simplest C program, you&’ll add new features chapter by chapter. The algorithms in the book are all in pseudocode, so you can implement your compiler in whatever language you like. Along the way, you&’ll explore key concepts like:Lexing and parsing: Learn how to write a lexer and recursive descent parser that transform C code into an abstract syntax tree.Program analysis: Discover how to analyze a program to understand its behavior and detect errors.Code generation: Learn how to translate C language constructs like arithmetic operations, function calls, and control-flow statements into x64 assembly code.Optimization techniques: Improve performance with methods like constant folding, dead store elimination, and register allocation. Compilers aren&’t terrifying beasts—and with help from this hands-on, accessible guide, you might even turn them into your friends for life.
Copyright:
2024

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ISBN-13:
9781718500433
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9781718500426
Publisher:
No Starch Press
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Copyrighted By:
Nora Sandler.
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Computers and Internet
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Bookshare Staff
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