Fundamentals of Compilation: Incremental Approach

Compilers are traditionally considered one of the most difficult topics to understand and study. Usually, in books, each chapter is dedicated to a separate pass of the compiler. But such a structure does not reveal how language features influence the decisions made during compiler design.
Instead, in «Fundamentals of Compilation», an incremental approach is chosen: the compiler is improved gradually, and the reader can write all the code themselves. The book helps to create your own compiler for a small but sufficiently powerful programming language, gradually introducing increasingly complex language features step by step.
Jeremy Siek explains the most important concepts, algorithms, and data structures underlying modern compilers and lays the foundation for studying more complex topics. This brief yet accessible guide has long been used by students and professionals.