Compilers & Programming Languages

Tip

Recommend taking a look at theory of computation and automata first.

Originally, compilers and programming language (formerly called programming language theory) were separated. However, because the two are really related, I decided to merge them.

Main Source:

• Introduction to Compilers and Language Design — Douglas Thain (book 1)
• Programming Language Pragmatics — Michael L. Scott (book 2)

All pages

• CPL Fundamentals
• Compiler Frontend
  • Syntax
  • Scanning
  • Parsing
  • Semantic Analysis
• Programming Languages Constructs
  • Names, Scopes, Bindings
  • Control Flow
  • Data Types
  • Subroutines
  • Data Abstraction
• Compiler Backend
  • Target Architecture
  • Intermediate Representation
  • Assembly Language
  • Code Generation
  • Compiler Optimization
• Other Programming Model
  • Functional Languages
  • Logic Languages
  • Concurrency
  • Scripting Languages