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Dragon book is a weird one. While a classic, it only decently covers basics of the theory of computation, while only doing a brief run through the rest of compilers.

None of modern grad-level compiler topics are decently covered. The dragon is also not a very practical book.

Tiger book is a much better introductory read, balancing between practical and theoretical aspects.

Most truly advanced compiler topics are not really covered by any single book.



What's the "tiger book?"



It really should be read in the SML/NJ as God Intended.

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/ml/whichver.html

https://www.smlnj.org/




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