Compiler Design

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Analysis and Transformation

Helmut Seidl, Reinhard Wilhelm, Sebastian Hack

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
23 August 2016

Object-oriented programming (OOP); Programming & scripting languages: general

While compilers for high-level programming languages are large complex software systems, they have particular characteristics that differentiate them from other software systems. Their functionality is almost completely well-defined - ideally there exist complete precise descriptions of the source and target languages. Additional descriptions of the interfaces to the operating system, programming system and programming environment, and to other compilers and libraries are often available.

The book deals with the optimization phase of compilers. In this phase, programs are transformed in order to increase their efficiency. To preserve the semantics of the programs in these transformations, the compiler has to meet the associated applicability conditions. These are checked using static analysis of the programs. In this book the authors systematically describe the analysis and transformation of imperative and functional programs. In addition to a detailed description of important efficiency-improving transformations, the book offers a concise introduction to the necessary concepts and methods, namely to operational semantics, lattices, and fixed-point algorithms.

This book is intended for students of computer science. The book is supported throughout with examples, exercises and program fragments.

By: Helmut Seidl, Reinhard Wilhelm, Sebastian Hack
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9783662507162
ISBN 10: 3662507161
Pages: 177
Publication Date: 23 August 2016
Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction.- Program Semantics.- Transformations.- Static Analysis.- Imperative Programs.- Functional Programs.- References.- Index.

The authors are among the established experts on compiler construction, with decades of related teaching experience. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wilhelm is the head of the Compiler Design Lab of the Universität des Saarlandes, and his main research interests include compiler construction; Prof. Dr. Helmut Seidl heads the Institut für Informatik of the Technische Universität München, and his main research interests include automatic program analysis and the design and implementation of programming languages; Dr. Sebastian Hack is a Junior Professor in the Computer Science Programming Group of the Universität des Saarlandes, and his main research areas include compilers and code generation.

Reviews for Compiler Design: Analysis and Transformation

From the reviews: German academics ... provide a concise, compact presentation on `methods to improve the efficiency of target programs by a compiler,' i.e., a compiler's optimizing phase. ... The authors provide a wealth of information on analysis along with specific illustrations. ... The authors walk through many of their examples with reference to various languages (such as Java). Since this book is aimed at students, it includes exercises at the end of each chapter. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. (M. B. DuBois, Choice, Vol. 50 (10), June, 2013) The authors bring together many of the results from the last few decades in a coherent and detailed manner, and the result is an excellent resource for those wanting to understand some of the complex issues in building realistic, industrial-strength compilers. ... The authors provide motivation and definitions for many of the concepts in static analysis, and illustrate these ideas through example programs that can be optimized. (Sara Kalvala, Computing Reviews, April, 2013) This is a nice book on intraprocedural analysis for imperative languages, with short outings into interprocedural analysis, and analysis of functional languages. The book looks nice, reads well and provides good intuitions, and, importantly, also provides details on the transformation of programs. ... It introduces the necessary preliminaries along the way as they arise ... which gives the book a better flow when reading. Finally, it is also graphically very pleasing to look at. (Juriaan Hage, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1257, 2013)