From Source Code To Machine Code
From Source Code To Machine Code
Build Your Own Compiler From Scratch
About the Book
Build a compiler to learn how programming languages work. Use low-level assembly to learn how computers work.
Walks through a minimal yet complete compiler implementation. Compiles a static-typed language into x64 ELF executables.
- Simple interpreter. Get your own programming language up and running.
- Bytecode compiler. A step closer to the machine.
- x64 assembly & instruction encoding. Understand how the machine works.
- Translate bytecode to x64 code. Bridging the virtual machine to the real machine.
- Generate binary executables. Putting it all together.
Web version of the interpreter chapters.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Interpreter
Introduction
A Simple Calculator
Interpreter: Variables and Scopes
Interpreter: Control Flows and Functions
Part II: Bytecode Compiler
How Computers Work
The Virtual Machine and Bytecode
Compiler: Variables and Expressions
Compiler: Control Flows
Compiler: Functions and Non-Local Variables
Part III: Machine Code
A Crash Course on x64 Assembly
The x64 Instruction Encoding
From Virtual Machine to Real Machine
Binary Executables
Pointers and Memory
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