Engineering a Compiler

Rating:
Summary: I'd rather call it "A guide for engineering a compiler"
Review: This book deals with all the issues you will face while engineering a MODERN compiler. Each subject is rather a brief instroduction than a thorough discussion, but detailed enough to give readers a good introduction working as a good pointer when you need a more detailed information.

Also the author tries very hard to cover as much subjects as possible you have to deal with when you design a language and implment a compiler for it.

I'd use this book not as a thorough compiler algorithm bible but as a guide to follow when implementing my compiler.
By following each chapter in the book, at least you will know what problems you should slove. If the problem is simple enough, the solution is in the book. For more complicated problems, you gotta dig into the internet.

In my opinion, this book is the best compiler engineering guide ever I read.

Rating:
Summary: Good introduction
Review: This book has a good introduction guiding the beginning compiler student into understanding basic concepts and gradually revealing the more intimidating stuff, but the authors took great care not to scare the beginners away and instead offers great indepth explanations into how concepts and implementation merge.

Its an overall good book!