gcc guide

hold_breal · 11-21-2006, 10:58 AM

hi everybody

i was just wondering the other day about compilers and how they work. does anybody know of a good guide to building compilers? something that gave me a guide to the inner-workings of the gcc, for example. i tried googling, but could only find instructions for using the gcc.

hold

matthewg42 · 11-21-2006, 11:39 AM

gcc is a very complex lump of software. It can compile multiple languages, cross compile etc. For learning, it might be less daunting to start with something simpler.

bit128_linux · 11-21-2006, 12:46 PM

Jack Crenshaw wrote very good tutorials on compilers. His tutorials were 'learn-by-doing' alike. I cannot find them on internet. They are indexed, but apparently, the links are broken. I have them in an archive, but I don't know how to send them to you(maybe an e-mail address?).
Although the tutorials are written in 1988, don't let them fool you. They are very good for learning the basics. I hope this helps..

matthewg42 · 11-21-2006, 01:01 PM

Google says yes: http://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/

bit128_linux · 11-21-2006, 01:28 PM

My bad

hold_breal · 11-23-2006, 11:02 AM

cool, thanks

Jack Crenshaw's use of turbo pascal will probably cause nightmares for me before i've finished reading the tutorial though

hold