This book provides the foundation for understanding the theory and pracitce of compilers. Revised and updated, it reflects the current state of compilation. Every chapter has been completely revised to reflect developments in software engineering, programming languages, and computer architecture that have occurred since 1986, when the last edition published. The authors, recognizing that few readers will ever go on to construct a compiler, retain their focus on the broader set of problems faced in software design and software development. Computer scientists, developers, and aspiring students that want to learn how to build, maintain, and execute a compiler for a major programming language.

本书全面、深入地探讨了编译器设计方面的重要主题，包括词法分析、语法分析、语法制导定义和语法制导翻译、运行时刻环境、目标代码生成、代码优化技术、并行性检测以及过程间分析技术，并在相关章节中给出大量的实例。与上一版相比，本书进行了全面的修订，涵盖了编译器开发方面的最新进展。每章中都提供了大量的系统及参考文献。 本书是编译原理课程方面的经典教材，内容丰富，适合作为高等院校计算机及相关专业本科生及研究生的编译原理课程的教材，也是广大技术人员的极佳参考读物。