Retargetable C Compiler A: Design and Implementation

About this book

Designed as a self-study guide the book describes the real-world tradeoffs encountered in building a production-quality platform-retargetable compiler. The authors examine the implementation of lcc a production-quality research-oriented retargetable compiler designed at AT&T Bell Laboratories for the ANSI C programming language. The authors innovative approach-a "literate program" that intermingles the text with the source code-uses a line-by-line explanation of the code to demonstrate how lcc is built.