In this comprehensive text you will learn the techniques necessary to build a modern compiler. They will help you fully understand the important techniques such as preparation of the imperative and object-oriented languages, the construction of static single assignment form, instruction scheduling, and allocation graph coloring. In-depth treatment of algorithms and techniques used in the front end of a modern compiler Focus on code optimization and code generation, the main areas of current research and development Improvements in the presentation included a conceptual review for each chapter, a summary and review questions for the part, and the prominent placement of the definitions for new terms Examples drawn from several different programming languages