Basics of Compiler Design

I have taught an undergraduate compilers course for over a decade. In the last several years, I have used my own textbook "Basics of Compiler Design". I have now decided to make this available online.

Permission to copy and print for personal use is granted. If you, as a lecturer, want to print the book and sell it to your students, you can do so if you only charge the printing cost. If you want to print the book and sell it at profit, please contact me and we will find a suitable arrangement.

Differences between editions

Each new edition has fixed errors and rephrased some explanations. Additionally, the 2008 edition added a chapter about analysis and optimisation, the 2009 edition added a short chapter about interpretation and is typeset in a slightly heavier font. The 2010 edition represents the 10th anniversary of the book and has added a chapter about memory management and an appendix about set notation.

How to get Basics of Compiler Design You have two options: You can download the book directly from this page by clicking on "Get the book" below, or you can go to Lulu.com, where you get the option of downloading the book or ordering a perfect-bound paper copy. The contents are the same in all versions (except that you get a nice cover for the paper copy). The cover picture (shown left) is taken outside DIKU. The 2010 edition uses 189 × 246 mm paper format (Quarto). Earlier editions used a sligtly smaller format. Get the book Solutions to selected exercises Known misprints If you should find more misprints or other errors, please report these to me.