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		Locke1689 on Aug 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Want to Write a Compiler? Just Read These Two Pape... The most important book to avoid is the Dragon book. I know it's a classic, but it's outdated and incomplete. Appel's book is as close to a standard text as you're going to get.

AnthonBerg on Aug 27, 2011 [–]

Not to mention badly written and laid out. Makes for inefficient reading.

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