Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools

Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman. Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6.

Also known as the ‘Red Dragon Book’ because of the cover design featuring a dragon labeled ‘complexity of compiler design’ and a knight bearing the lance ‘LALR parser generator’ among his other trappings.

From the back cover -- This introduction to compilers is the direct descendant of the well-known book by Aho and Ullman, Principles Of Compiler Design (ISBN 0-201-00022-9). The authors present updated coverage of compilers based on research and techniques that have been developed in the field over the past few years. The book provides a thorough introduction to compiler design and covers topics such as context-free grammars, fine state machines, and syntax-directed translation.

This book has been mentioned in the following pages of the Jargon File: Dragon Book.