Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

This book is very in depth. Starting from the basics of compiler design to the inner guts of complex compiler, and translation logic. I can confirm that my copy was also in English. No Indian text as one comment I read had stated.

This review refers NOT to the original 2006 edition but to the 2014 re-print by Pearson India, via DKIndia. ISBN - 978-93-325-1866-7. The inside page of this book reads "This edition is authorised for sale only in India, BanglAdesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Circulation of this edition outside of these territories is UNAUTHORISED." Therefore this edition should not be available to us in the UK. The back of this Indian edition is even more ominous where it says "For these special editions, the editorial team at Pearson has collaborated with educators across the world to address a wide range of subjects and requirements, equipping students with the best possible learning tools" (MH so far so good). It continues .... "This international edition preserves the cutting-edge approach and pedagogy of the original, BUT MAY ALSO FEATURE ALTERATIONS, CUSTOMIZATION AND ADAPTATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES VERSION" (Caps MH). This is somewhat concerning, as there is no indication within the book what has been changed, altered or customised! So what is the actual condition of the the book itself. Well the binding is OK, but looks a little flimsy, however inside the type quality is not very good, with frequent smudges and a very faint text. The paper quality is not very good either and to be honest the book does not look like it will last very long, without falling apart. Unfortunately having never had an opportunity to read the original, I don't know how close this edition is. Also some readers have reported on the reviews below, that some of the algorithms are wrong. Again I don't know the validity of these statements. But I will raise this with Amazon in the morning. So if you are going to buy this book from the sellers, then be aware that almost all of them are from India and therefore it is highly likely that you will receive an edition that is the same as my one. In fairness these may be perfectly good copies of the original, but we should be made aware before we purchase them that these are Indian editions and that the quality might not be up to what we are normally used to, and even more importantly, there may be some additions, alterations or customisations to the test. LET THE BUYER BEWARE. KR MH/

I can't speak for the hardback, but the kindle edition is, to be perfectly blunt, a scam. There's nothing but a mess of random characters: I think the formatting went wrong somewhere. I mean, I should've expected it, expecting to get a textbook for that price 😅 Have 'returned' am expecting to receive a full refund very very soon.

The "Dragon" Book.I just love it.Great product which was delivered with a lightning speed from Amazon.in

I just recently bought the new edition of the "dragon book" and it seems to be a really high quality book (being worth the spent money). Although I studied electrical engineering and did only have a brief understanding of compilers, the book provides a very good opportunity to learn more about the (partially quite theoretical) backgrounds of compilers. The writing style is very good to read. Furthermore, I like the mixture of theory and practical examples as provided by the book very much.

Livre délivré en très bon état et bien emballé

The book's condition is as they say: good. It was scheduled for delivery for November, 14th, but arrived earlier (on November 7th) which is totally fine by me. I like this seller, would buy again.

The Dragon Book, as it is affectionately named, is something of a legendary resource among programmers and computer-science students. Not only is it one of the only references on the subject of compilers as a whole, but it's very well-written and contains a huge amount of information. It considers tricky subjects like lexing and parsing in a serious theoretical way but also includes some precious code examples. Initially when I bought this book because I was nervous about the new edition. The previous 1986 edition with the quaint illustration of the red dragon was the bench-mark gold standard for compiler texts, and I was worried that the new edition (with it's digitally animated cover, which loses much of the charm of the original) would be marred by loses and compromises. That anxiety was ill-founded. The new edition is every bit as wonderful and complete as the previous version was, with valuable information updated but nothing that I can see that is lost. One small complaint I might have, and this is not something that the authors could control, is that some important new developments have been made in the world of compilers and interpreters in the past few years. Things like PEG (Packrat parsing and OMeta), parser combinators and compound grammars are all new in the front-end world, While the state of the art in interpreters and VMs is leading to things like JIT which are turning out to be of central importance in many places but which are barely mentioned in this book at all. Anyway, on balance this is an excellent book and one that is well worth buying if you're interested in compilers, interpreters, VMs or other infrastructure components like that. This is a must-read if you're interested in working on a major existing compiler project or if you would like to dabble with your own little language or language runtime.