From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2008-12-14T15:08:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Beggining the compiler journey

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Rafael Rosa <rafaelrosafu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Take a look at http://www.hokstad.com/writing-a-compiler-in-ruby-bottom-up-step-1.html

martin