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:sunglasses: Curated list of awesome resources on Compilers, Interpreters and Runtimes
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Learning
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Articles
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- A Tourist’s Guide to the LLVM Source Code
- Accidentally Turing Complete
- ALIVe: Automatic LLVM InstCombine Verifier
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Interpreter, Compiler and JIT
- Introducing the B3 JIT Compiler
- LLVM for Graduate Students - Introduction to doing research with the LLVM compiler infrastructure.
- Rust's Incremental Compilation
- Rust’s Upcoming MIR
- The Memory Models that Underlie Programming Languages
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
- Graal and Truffel - Obscure research project could radically accelerate innovation in programming language design.
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Talks and Conferences
- Reverse Engineering the MOS 6502 CPU
- Curry On! Conference - Programming Languages Conference.
- An Introduction to Combinator Compilers and Graph Reduction Machines
- Building an Interpreter in RPython
- CPython - A Ten-Hour Codewalk
- Exploring Python’s Bytecode
- How to Build a Virtual Machine - Terence Parr gives an idea of the core mechanisms behind virtual machines by building one, in front of your eyes, from scratch. It is the same kind of commercial interpreter he made for Renault cars.
- Java AOT (Ahead of Time) Compilation
- MetaScala: A Tiny DIY JVM - Metascala is a tiny metacircular Java Virtual Machine (JVM) written in the Scala programming language.
- One VM to Rule Them All, One VM to Bind Them - Tutorial on the Truffel technology.
- Programming Should Eat Itself - StrangeLoop Talk on Reflective Programming and Kenichi Asai's Black Programming Language.
- Python, Linkers and Virtual Memory - PYCON US
- The JVM (Java Virtual Machine) Architecture
- The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written - William Byrd on a Lisp interpreter written in 15 lines of Lisp.
- The MoVfuscator: turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare
- HN
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Type-Driven Development with Idris
- Understanding Compiler Optimization
- Lang.NEXT Conference 2012
- Meta-Tracing, RPython and PyPy
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Books
- HTML5/EPUB version
- GitHub Repo
- Elements of Computing Systems - How to build a computer from Nand Gates all the way to Compilers and Operating Systems.
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Study the building blocks of computation using Scheme by building a Scheme interpreter in a Scheme!
- Basics of Compiler Design - Provides a short treatment of the basic concepts.
- Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools - The Dragons Book. A classic textbook on Compiler Construction.
- Crafting Interpreters - An all-stop-shop for learning (nearly) everything you need to learn to build an interpreted, full-featured, efficient scripting language.
- HN
- Create Your Own Programming Languauge - Example-driven approach to building your own programming language with video tutorials and source code projects.
- HN
- Engineering a Compiler - The modern textbook on Compilers Construction, covering SSA-Form and recent research on Code Generation.
- Essentials of Programming Languages - Fundamental concepts of programming languages with a focus on Semantics, Interpretation and CPS (Continuation Passing Style).
- Language Implementation Patterns - Learn the patterns behind building programming languages and build an interpreter yourself, using ANTLR.
- Modern Compiler Implementation in ML - Build a compiler using ML (MetaLanguage) with a textbook that has one of the best coverage on all compiler stages. The book comes with a reference compiler implementation to guide your software development process.
- MCI in C
- Programming Language Pragmatics - Integrated treatement of language design and implementation, the examples feature famous architectures like ARM and x86 64-bit.
- Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation - Excellent introduction to the subject that uses an incremental approach to building programs. The mistakes are included too to highlight key concepts.
- Programming Languages: Theory and Practice - Collected lecture notes for the _Programming Languages_ course taught at Carnegie Mellon University, most suitable as an introductory text on the subject.
- 2013 Edition
- Virtual Machines - Good book on how to build Virtual Machines especially tailored for the topic of building Programming Languages.
- Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes - Key textbook on the subject of Virtual Machines which examines virtual machine technologies across the disciplines that use them, e.g.: OS and Programming Languages.
- Write a Compiler in Go - Well-known introduction to the Go programming language and its ecosystem through building a Compiler project.
- Write an Interpreter in Go - Successor of the "Write a Compiler in Go" book, but this one builds an interpreter project instead.
- Writing Compilers and Interpreters: A Software Engineering Approach - How to build Compilers using Java, this book is tailored for the working Software Engineer.
- Using C++
- Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python - If you want to learn how to write interpreters and compilers, and at the same time learn how Python, Python bytecode, assembly language, and dynamic typing work, this is the book for you.
- Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation - In-depth treatement of advanced design topics such as: Intermediate Representation, SSA, Code Optimization and the various processor architectures.
- Advanced Design and Implementation of Virtual Machines - Step-by-step hollistic introduction to the design of Virtual Machine architectures, topics and algorithms. Contains illustrated figures and implementations for the algorithms in the book.
- Advanced Topics in Types and Programming Languages - Intensive study of Type Systems, covering topics such as, but not limited to: Precise Type Analyses; Type Systems for Low-Level Languages and Advanced Techniques in ML-style Type Inference..
- A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation - Examines the design and implementation of Icc, a production-quality, retargetable compiler, designed at AT&T Bell Labs for the ANSI C programming language.
- Building an Optimizing Compiler - Fills the gap in the domain of code optimization. This book provides a high level design for a thorough optimizer, code generator, scheduler and register allocator for a generic modern RISC processor.
- Compiling with Continuations - Introduction to CPS (Continuation-Passing Style) as an Intermediate Representation in Compiler for doing optimizations and program transformations.
- Design Concepts in Programming Languages - Systematic exploration of techniques and ideas used in Programming Language Design, covers topics such as: Operational and Denotational Semantic techniques, Dynamic Semantic techniques and Static Semantic techniques.
- Instruction Level Parallelism - This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques.
- Linkers and Loaders - Definitive text on the compile-time and runtime processes of linking and loading.
- Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide - Definitive guide on parsing algorithms and techniques, also contains an introduction to Formal Grammar and Parsing Theory.
- 1st Edition, PDF
- The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management - The living-classic and definitive text on the topic of Garbage Collection, also covers hardware-based optimizations in light of modern advances in CPU architectures.
- The Implementation of Functional Programming Languages - Classic textbook on implementing Functional Languages, covers Structured Types, Pattern Matching Semantics, Lambda Calculus Transformation, Polymorphic Type Checking and many other topics.
- The SSA Book - The only in-depth study of SSA-form (Static Single Assignment Form) in book format.
- Types and Programming Languages - Comprehensive introduction to the topic of Type Systems and Programming Languages from a Type-Theoretic perspective.
- Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective - General treatment of Computer Systems including Compilers, Interpreters and Runtimes.
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Papers
- A Brief History of JIT Compilation, J. Aycock
- A Flexible Prolog Interpreter in Python, C. Bolz & M. Leuschel
- A Micro-Manual for LISP - Not the Whole Truth, J. McCarthy
- A Prolog Interpreter in Python, C. Bolz
- A Simple Multi-Processor Computer Based on Subleq, O. Mazonka, A. Kolodin
- An Evil Copy: How the Loader Betrays You - About security issues related to Dynamic Loading.
- An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction
- Compiling with Continuations: Continued, A. Kennedy
- Definitional Interpreters for Higher-Order Programming Languages, J. Reynolds
- Engineering Definitional Interpreters, J. Midtgaard, N. Ramsey, B. Larsen
- Machine Code Obfuscation via Instruction Set Reduction and CFG Linearization, C. Jonischkeit
- `MOV` is Turing-Complete, S. Dolan
- HN
- Packrat Parsing Thesis on PEG, B. Ford
- PyPy’s Approach to VM Construction, A. Rigo & S. Pedroni
- RABBIT: A Compiler for SCHEME, G. Steele
- Trace-based JIT Compilation for Lazy Functional Languages, T. Schilling
- The Essence of Compiling with Continuations, C. Flanagan, A. Sabry, B. Duba & M. Felleisen
- The Page-Faults Weird Machine: Lessons in Instruction-less Computation, J. Bangert, S. Bratus, R. Shapiro, S. Smith
- Using Datalog with Binary Decision Diagrams for Program Analysis, J. Whaley, D. Avots, M. Carbin & M. Lam
- C. Bolz’s Research Publications
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Specifications
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Courses
- Compiler Construction for Undergrads, RICE University - Introduction to compiler construction and language translators course from the RICE University.
- Design and Construction of Compilers, University of Texas - Design and construction of compilers including lexical analysis, parsing, code generation techniques, error analysis and simple code optimizations.
- DSL Design and Implementation Summer School - Summer School program on the topics of DSL Design and Implementation hosted by the EPFL University.
- Foundations of Programming Languages - Concepts that underlie the design, definition, implementation and use of modern programming languages from a formal standpoint.
- Nand2Tetris: How to Build a Computer from First Principles, Part 2 - This 2nd part of the Nand2Tetris course covers basic language design and elementary compiler construction concepts in addition to many other topics on a basic level.
- Programming Languages: Part A, by Grossman - Part 1 of a 3-part course series to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming.
- Programming Languages: Part B, by Grossman - Part 2 of a 3-part course series to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming.
- Programming Languages: Part C, by Grossman - Part 3 of a 3-part course series to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming.
- Types, Logic, Semantics, and Verification from Oregon University's Summer School - Summer School program that consists of 80 minute lectures presented by internationally recognized leaders in programming languages and formal reasoning research.
- Virtual Machines and Managed Runtimes, UCB CS294 - Introductory course on Virtual Machines and Managed Runtimes from the University of Berkeley.
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Tutorials
- A Tutorial Implementation of a Dependently Typed Lambda Calculus
- Algorithm W Step By Step
- Building a LISP from scratch with Swift
- Compiler Optmization Tutorial
- Hindley-Damas-Milner Tutorial - Extensively documented walkthrough for typechecking a basic functional language using the Hindley-Damas-Milner algorithm.
- Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter
- Little Lisp Interpreter - Interpreter that supports function invocation, lambdas, lets, ifs, numbers, strings, a few library functions, and lists in under 120 lines of JavaScript.
- `lis.py`, v1: (How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python)) - Tutorial by Peter Norvig on writing a simple Lisp interpreter.
- `lis.py`, v2: An ((Even Better) Lisp) Interpreter (in Python) - Follow-up tutorial by Peter Norvig on making `lis.py` slightly better.
- Metacompiler Tutorial, Part 1
- Write You a Haskell
- Writing a Language in Truffel - Interpreter development tutorial using Truffel, by Cristian Esquivias.
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Community Discussions
- Can we stop recommending the Dragon Book, please? - StackExchange thread criticising the [Dragons Book](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321486811) in favor of alternatives.
- @HN - Article discussions on HN and Reddit.
- How to Write a Compiler - Article discussion on Reddit.
- How to Write a Very Basic Compiler
- How to Write a Prolog Interpreter in a Purely Functional Language
- I want to build a VM, any good references?
- Resources for Amatuer Compilers Writers
- What are the latest research trends in Compilers and PLs
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Tools and Frameworks
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Language Agnostic
- B3: The Bare Bones Backend - WebKit's optimizing JIT Compiler for procedures containing C-like code.
- MicroVM - The "Mu" Framewrok for Programming Languages development based on the MuVM Specification.
- QBE: The Quick Backend - Pure C embeddable SSA-based compiler backend.
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C / C++
- GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection (C as a Backend).
- libJIT - Library for generic Just-In-Time compiler functionality independent of any particular bytecode, language, or runtime.
- PCC - The Portable C Compiler (C as a Backend).
- Ragel - Ragel State Machine Compiler.
- libFirm - C-library that provides a graph-based intermediate representation, optimizations, and assembly code generation suitable for use in compilers.
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Go
- LLVM Go binding - Official Go LLVM binding.
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CLR
- Reflexil - Assembly code editor which can be used as a plugin with other .NET/CLR tools.
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Graal
- Graal Core - Compiler and Truffel Partial Evaluator.
- Graal VM - Graal's multi-language VM distribution.
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JavaScript
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JVM
- JavaCPP Presets for LLVM - Library for easily interacting with the LLVM API.
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Python
- AST - Python's builtin Abstract Syntax Tree package.
- Dis - Python's builtin Disassembler package.
- Parsing - Pure-Python module that implements an LR(1) parser generator, as well as CFSM and GLR parser drivers.
- PLY - Implementation of lex and yacc parsing tools for Python.
- PyParsing - Alternative approach to creating and executing simple grammars, vs. the traditional lex/yacc approach, or the use of regular expressions.
- RPython - RPython is a framework for the implementatation of dynamic languages.
- List of Language Parsing Tools at the Python Wiki
- Survey of Python Parsers, by Ned Batchelder
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Compilers and Interpreters
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Serious Projects
- Lua's Annotated Source Code - Annotated source code of the Lua Programming Language Interpreter v5.1.4.
- Simple-MSIL-Compiler - C compiler that compiles to CLR.
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Educational and Toy Projects
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Runtimes and VMs
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Educational and Toy Projects
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Blogs
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Educational and Toy Projects
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Communities
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Educational and Toy Projects
- /r/Compilers - Subreddit community about the theory and development of compilers.
- /r/ProgrammingLanguages - Subreddit community that is dedicated to discussion of programming languages, programming language theory, design, their syntax and compilers.
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