Date   : Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:21:30 +0100 (BST)
From   : Steve Fewell <kranser@...>
Subject: Re: Anyone read "Mastering Interpreters and Compilers" by Smith

Sorry, forgot to say that this is an old message I'm
replying to (dated from Wed, 18 Jan 2006).

Steve.

--- Steve Fewell <kranser@...> wrote:

> BBC Micro Wrote:
> > First of all happy new year.  Second has anyone
> read
> > this book by Bruce Smith (Dabs 1987)? Is it any 
> > good?
> 
> >I have read the book by P.J.Brown on interactive
> >compilers and found that quite interesting, but the
> >Smith book seems quite rare and getting a bit
> pricey
> >on ebay. I also have read the "BASIC ROM User
> Guide"
> >by Plumbley which was an interesting read.
> 
> I have read the Bruce Smith book on compilers and
> interpreters. It is a good read, easy to follow.
> Though the resulting compiler/interpreter that you
> produce is rather basic, the book gives you the
> basic
> techniques behind building these applications -
> though
> the techniques are simplified, and focus on the BBC
> hardware.
> An interesting read, but you would probably learn
> better more modern techniques by doing a computer
> course in Compilers or reading a technical book on
> the
> subject.
> 
> The BASIC ROM User guide is also a good book - one
> of
> my favourites.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve.
> 
> 
> 
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