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

✍ Scribed by Nora Sandler

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 103
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A hands-on, example-filled guide to the theory and practice of writing a C compiler: a computer program that translates code written by programmers into code the computer can read.

An approachable, hands-on tutorial to writing a C compiler: a computer program that translates code written by the programmer into code the computer can understand. By building a compiler, readers will gain invaluable knowledge about how programming languages work; knowledge that will make them better programmers. Readers are gently led step-by-step to build a small working compiler and will develop throughout the book. Writing a C Compiler offers readers an accessible, practical approach to this complex and often overly theoretical topic.

✦ Table of Contents

WritingCCompiler_EA.pdf
Sandler_WritingACCompiler_Ch2_EA
Sandler_WritingACCompiler_Ch3_EA.docx
Sandler_WritingACCompiler_Ch4_EA
Sandler_WritingACCompiler_Ch5_EA
50
50
50
45
45
Neither
Overflow from positive to negative
Overflow from negative to positive
Neither
Overflow from positive to negative
Neither
Neither
Overflow from negative to positive
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
ZF set
Set byte if a == b
ZF not set
Set byte if a != b
ZF not set and SF == OF
Set byte if a > b
SF == OF
Set byte if a ( b
SF != OF
Set byte if a < b
ZF set or SF != OF
Set byte if a ≤ b
(just print out the function definition)
Mov(src, dst)
Ret
Unary(unary_operator, operand)
Binary(binary_operator, src, dst)
Idiv(operand)
Cdq
AllocateStack(int)
Neg
Not
4-byte
Reg(AX)
4-byte
4-byte
Reg(R10)
4-byte
Reg(R11)
Stack(int)
Imm(int)