Implementing a programming language means bridging the gap from the programmer's high-level thinking to the machine's zeros and ones. If this is done in an effi

Despite using them every day, most software engineers know little about how programming languages are designed and implemented. For many, their only experience

This book provides a gently paced introduction to techniques for implementing programming languages by means of compilers and interpreters, using the object-ori

A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into a program written in a lower level language. For students of computer science, building a

This book compares constructs from C with constructs from Ada in terms of levels of abstractions. Studying these languages provides a firm foundation for an ext