Compilers

UNIX had various tools for compiling programs and building compilers themselves. Here is some literature:

• 1972: The Theory of Parsing, Translation and Compiling (PDF) (Vol II)
  • by Al Aho and Jeffrey Ullman
• 1975: Yacc: Yet Another Compiler-Compiler (HTML)
  • by Stephen C. Johnson
• 1975: Lex: A Lexical Analyzer Generator
  • by Michael E. Lesk and Eric Schmidt
  • Presentation on Lex
  • HTML HTML 2
• 1977: Principles of Compiler Design
  • by Al Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman
• 1978: Language Development Tools
  • by Stephen C. Johnson and Michael Lesk
• 1986: Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd ed)
  • by Al Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman