Essentials of Compilation: An Incremental Approach in Racket (Hardcover)

A hands-on approach to understanding and building compilers.

Compilers are notoriously some of the most difficult programs to teach and understand. Most books about compilers dedicate one chapter to each progressive stage, a structure that hides how language features motivate design choices. By contrast, this innovative textbook provides an incremental approach that allows students to write every single line of code themselves. Essentials of Compilation guides the reader in constructing their own compiler for a small but powerful programming language, adding complex language features as the book progresses. Jeremy Siek explains the essential concepts, algorithms, and data structures that underlie modern compilers and lays the groundwork for future study of advanced topics. Already in wide use by students and professionals alike, this rigorous but accessible book invites readers to learn by doing.

• Deconstructs the challenge of compiler construction into bite-sized pieces
• Enhances learning by connecting language features to compiler design choices
• Develops understanding of how programs are mapped onto computer hardware
• Learn-by-doing approach suitable for students and professionals
• Proven in the classroom
• Extensive ancillary resources include source code and solutions

一本實踐式的書籍，幫助讀者理解和構建編譯器。

編譯器一直以來都是最難教授和理解的程式之一。大多數關於編譯器的書籍都將每個階段分成一章，這種結構隱藏了語言特性如何影響設計選擇。相比之下，這本創新的教科書提供了一種漸進的方法，讓學生們自己編寫每一行程式碼。《編譯的基本要素》引導讀者構建自己的編譯器，用於一種小而強大的程式語言，並在書籍的進展中添加複雜的語言特性。Jeremy Siek解釋了現代編譯器的基本概念、算法和數據結構，為未來學習高級主題奠定了基礎。這本嚴謹但易於理解的書籍已被學生和專業人士廣泛使用，並邀請讀者通過實踐來學習。

- 將編譯器構建的挑戰拆解成易於理解的部分
- 通過將語言特性與編譯器設計選擇相連接來增強學習效果
- 發展對程式如何映射到計算機硬體的理解
- 適合學生和專業人士的實踐式學習方法
- 在課堂上經過驗證
- 廣泛的附加資源包括原始程式碼和解答

Jeremy G. Siek is professor of computer science at Indiana University and author of The Boost Graph Library. He invented gradual typing, a type system that integrates both dynamic and static typing in the same programming language.

Jeremy G. Siek 是印第安納大學的計算機科學教授，也是《The Boost Graph Library》的作者。他發明了漸進式類型系統，這是一種將動態類型和靜態類型結合在同一個程式語言中的類型系統。