Ask YC: Good compiler books?

The Little Schemer does have you building a basic scheme interpreter at the end of the book.

I second that recommendation, with a preemptive shush to anyone was about to whine that it spends so much time covering parser generators.

alongside a book like Appel's or the Dragon Book.

Then proceed to Dragonbook.

The dragon book is a MUST for compiler researcher and people who are serious on compiler

another (more interactive) option might be to pickup a standard compilers text-book e.g aho-ullman / aho-ullman-sethi

This is what is commonly refered to as "the dragon book".

the book is sort of the bible.

the dragon book.

I'll second the vote for Engineering a Compiler.

"Engineering a Compiler" by Cooper and Torczon

Lisp in Small Pieces is good.

I definitely recommend it!

The fundamental book to read would be "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation"

We used Appel's book in college, and it wasn't too bad

alongside a book like Appel's or the Dragon Book.

Modern Compiler Implementation by Andrew-Appel is a very good introduction book for people to get started on doing a compiler.

The nice thing about Appel's book is that you put together a compiler as you go along - it's easier to self-study.

I second this.

A good followup text is "Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation" by Muchnick

So far this year, I've been liking Muchnick:

This is the most "dense" beginner's book I've found. And it is very engagingly written too.

This is one of the best books I have come across. Precise and to the point.

10 years ago, I loved Hanson and Fraser:

"Basics of Compiler Design" is free to download.