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Programming Language Processors in Java
David A Watt and Deryck F Brown
Programming Language Processors in Java
Compilers and Interpreters
This book provides a gently paced introduction to techniques for implementing programming languages by means of compilers and interpreters, using the object-oriented programming language Java. The book aims to exemplify
good software engineering principles at the same time as explaining the specific techniques needed to build compilers and interpreters.
Features
* The book shows clearly how a simple compiler can be decomposed into a syntactic analyzer, a contextual analyzer, and a code generator, communicating via an abstract syntax tree.
* The book is accompanied by a complete working compiler and interpreter, provided via the Internet, and free of charge for educational use.
* The book contains numerous exercises, together with sample answers to selected exercises. It also contains a number of suggested projects, involving extensions to the accompanying compiler.
* All examples in the book are expressed in Java, and the compiler and interpreter are structured using object-oriented design patterns.
David Watt teaches algorithms and data structures, programming languages, and software design. Deryck Brown teaches compilers, object-oriented programming, operating systems, and software engineering.
CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. Language Processors
3. Compilation
4. Syntactic Analysis
5. Contextual Analysis
6. Run-time Organization
7. Code Generation
8. Interpretation
9. Conclusion
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