Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!ima!johnl From: mason@tmsoft.UUCP (Dave Mason) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Request comments on text. Message-ID: <154@tmsoft.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 16:11:29 EDT Article-I.D.: tmsoft.154 Posted: Sat Jul 4 16:11:29 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jul-87 00:53:09 EDT References: <252@hubcap.UUCP> Sender: johnl@ima.ISC.COM Reply-To: mason@tmsoft.UUCP (Dave Mason) Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto Lines: 26 Approved: compilers@ima.UUCP In article <252@hubcap.UUCP> steve@hubcap.clemson.edu (Dennis Stevenson) writes: >Someone suggested to me that the Trembley and Sorenson text is a good >replacement for Aho, Sethi and Ullman. I will be using Tremblay & Sorenson for the 3rd year this fall for an undergraduate (4th year, Applied Computer Science) Compiler Design & Implementation course. I originally adopted it because the older Dragon Book was getting rather long in the tooth, and the new one hadn't arrived yet. I have since examined ASU, though perhaps in somewhat less detail, and haven't changed my mind. I feel T&S is better for MY students because it is somewhat more accessible (perhaps a bit less formal/mathematical). It also has a more balanced treatment of ad hoc vs yacc based parsing. As this course has been taught on (and many of our students go on to) a relatively tool-poor environment (VM/CMS), heavy emphasis on yacc and family are less desirable than they might be in a totally Unix world. I also like the structure of the book a bit better, but that's personal taste. Of course, I'm never totally satisfied, so look forward to hearing of other texts. ../Dave Mason, ..!{utzoo seismo!mnetor utcsri utgpu lsuc}!tmsoft!mason ..!{utzoo seismo!mnetor!tmsoft utcsri utgpu lsuc}!ryesone!mason FCTY7053@RYERSON.BITNET -- Send compilers articles to ima!compilers or, in a pinch, to Levine@YALE.ARPA Plausible paths are { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale | cca}!ima Please send responses to the originator of the message -- I cannot forward mail accidentally sent back to compilers. Meta-mail to ima!compilers-request