Kickstart Compiler Design Fundamentals

Unveiling Compiler Secrets from Source to Execution.


Book Description

Compilers are the backbone of modern computing, enabling programming languages to power everything from web applications to high-performance systems. Kickstart Compiler Design Fundamentals is the perfect starting point for anyone eager to explore the world of compiler construction.


This book takes a structured, beginner-friendly approach to demystifying core topics such as lexical analysis, syntax parsing, semantic analysis, and code optimization. The chapters follow a progressive learning path, beginning with the basics of function calls, memory management, and instruction selection. As you advance, you’ll dive into machine-independent optimizations, register allocation, instruction-level parallelism, and data flow analysis. You’ll also explore loop transformations, peephole optimization, and cutting-edge compiler techniques used in real-world frameworks like LLVM and GCC. Each concept is reinforced with hands-on exercises, practical examples, and real-world applications.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Compilers

2. Lexical Analysis and Regular Expressions

3. Lexical Analyzer Generators and Error Handling

4. Syntax Analysis Context-Free Grammars

5. Parsing Techniques

6. Semantic Analysis Attribute Grammars

7. Intermediate Code Generation

8. Control Flow

9. Run-Time Environment and Memory Management

10. Function Calls and Exception Handling

11. Code Generation and Instruction Selection

12. Register Allocation and Scheduling

13. Machine-Independent Optimizations and Local and Global Techniques

14. Loop and Peephole Optimization

15. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Pipelining

16. Optimizing for Parallelism and Locality

17. Inter Procedural Analysis and Optimization

18. Case Studies and Real-World Examples

19. Hands-on Exercises and Projects

Index