Compiler Writing Resources

Cluster focuses on recommendations for books, tutorials, courses, and projects to learn writing compilers and interpreters from scratch.

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simula67 Sep 21, 2018 View on HN

Can anyone recommend good resources on writing a compiler from scratch ?

harrisreynolds Jul 8, 2017 View on HN

This recent HN post could be useful to you: https://jaseemabid.github.io/2017/07/04/compiler.htmlThe "dragon" books is one of the classics. (Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools) ... linked to in another comment.

neatcoder Mar 26, 2019 View on HN

Any recommendations for introductory text for writing compilers and interpreters?

pkaye Aug 4, 2019 View on HN

There is an old one on compilers called "Let's build a compiler by Jack Crenshaw" Its in Pascal but I think there are modern rewrites of it (like C on an x86)

dragonbonheur Oct 15, 2016 View on HN

Read "Let's Build a Compiler" by Jack Crenshaw http://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/

pbh101 Feb 12, 2020 View on HN

Cremdhaw’s ‘Let’s Build a Compiler!’https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/

oblio Dec 5, 2017 View on HN

Writing compilers definitely is.

moopling Jul 12, 2019 View on HN

Does anyone have recommendations for good resources on writing your first compiler?

jcmontx Sep 13, 2025 View on HN

You better start writing your own compilers then

segmondy Jun 22, 2016 View on HN

You are looking for this, "let's build a compiler" http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/compiler.pdf