A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation

by David R. Hanson, Christopher Fraser

A Retargetable C Design and Implementation

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Computers

564 pages, Unknown Binding

First published February 10, 1995

Reviews

[Julian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Somewhere between three and four stars. I had dipped into this book a few times before, but decided now was a good time to see what the experience was like of reading it cover to cover, both as a book and as a literate program. I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it was. LCC is an unusual compiler in many ways, and it was nice seeing discussion of the tradeoffs taken interwoven with the implementation. I didn't expect to enjoy the frontend as much as I did (normally a pretty boring part of many compilers); there were lots of gems of strange C behavior there. This would be even moreso if only someone would take on the same effort for a tiny compiler targeting C11.

[xvvifzmrr- · Rating 4 out of 5]

friendly to newbie.
ch12-15 impressive to me.