From: Jens Wille Date: 2008-12-14T06:21:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Beggining the compiler journey hi rafael! Rafael Rosa [2008-12-13 16:58]: > Now I wish to take a dive and learn this stuff, but I'm having a > hard time finding a good global guide. I'm looking for a book, a > tutorial, or anything like that, that can explain the differences > between the architecture for a language used with a VM and > another without, what's the impact of these choices when building > a compiler, how low level memory management works, what's the > current trend, etc. maybe "Programming Language Pragmatics" by Michael L. Scott can give you some hints. it might not be a perfect fit for your needs, though. just thought i'd throw it in... i'm coming from a totally different background but i really enjoy reading it. > By the way, I'm asking this kind of stuff on a Ruby list because > I want to play with Ruby language stuff, so I thought it would be > better to be around the appropriate folks. I've even downloaded > Ruby's source but I have no idea of where to start reading it :) the README.EXT file might be a good starting point. cheers jens -- Jens Wille, Dipl.-Bibl. (FH) prometheus - Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv f端r Forschung & Lehre Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universit辰t zu K旦ln Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 K旦ln Tel.: +49 (0)221 470-6668, E-Mail: jens.wille@uni-koeln.de http://www.prometheus-bildarchiv.de/