Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
The cover of the second edition (North American), showing a knight and dragon
AuthorAlfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPearson Education, Inc
Publication date
1986, 2006
ISBN0-201-10088-6
OCLC12285707
005.4/53 19
LC ClassQA76.76.C65 A37 1986

Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools[1] is a computer science textbook by Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman about compiler construction for programming languages. First published in 1986, it is widely regarded as the classic definitive compiler technology text.[2]

It is known as the Dragon Book to generations of computer scientists[3][4] as its cover depicts a knight and a dragon in battle, a metaphor for conquering complexity. This name can also refer to Aho and Ullman's older Principles of Compiler Design.

  1. ^ Aho, Sethi, Ullman, Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Addison-Wesley, 1986. ISBN 0-201-10088-6
  2. ^ "The Top 9 1/2 Books in a Hacker's Bookshelf". Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. ^ Alex Martelli; Anna Martelli Ravenscroft; David Ascher (2005). Python cookbook. O'Reilly Media. p. 587. ISBN 978-0-596-00797-3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  4. ^ Ian Stephenson (2005). Production rendering: design and implementation. Springer. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-85233-821-3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

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