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

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

Introducing methods for implementing programming languages, David Watt shows how to write simple compilers and interpreters, relating these clearly to the synta