- Compiling with Continuations by Andrew Appel
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 29, 1991)
- ISBN: 978-0521033114, ISBN 052103311X
- http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521033114
This book by AndrewAppel discusses ContinuationPassingStyle as an intermediate representation for optimizing compilers in general, and for an ML compiler in particular.
For a modern-day example in a similar spirit, see StacklessPython.
Does anyone know if this is any good? I had picked up ModernCompilerImplementationInJava for a class a while back (also by AndrewAppel) and was quite disappointed by the book.
Well, I've picked up the book; it's a good bit thinner than ModernCompilerImplementationInJava, and, at least from what I recall, is probably a better book for learning compilers in general. That said, I'll need to read a good bit more of it before I can offer a solid impression.
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