[Haskell-cafe] Compilers book in Haskell

[Kristopher Micinski]

I disagree about the recommendation for Modern Compiler Design: I
found it to be a pretty good introduction to compiler technology, but
not functional programming with compilers, it's coverage was *very*
shallow.

By contrast, I can recommend both Compiling with Continuations (the
"standard" text on implementing compilers in functional languages,
using ML as an example), and The Implementation of Functional
Programming Languages [2].

This topic is covered pretty well in course material scattered
throughout the web, (lots of course with online pdf sets about
implementing functional compilers), but not in a comprehensive fashion
that talks about more complex aspects of compiling functional
languages.  Implementing Functional Langauges: a tutorial, is also
excellent and worth a look.

kris

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Compiling-Continuations-Andrew-W-Appel/dp/052103311X
[2] http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/slpj-book-1987/index.htm
[3] http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/Papers/pj-lester-book/

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Sergey Bushnyak
<sergey.bushnyak at sigrlami.eu> wrote:
> Books about compilers is rare artifact, in comparison to some technology
> books. It is uncommon to see topics on compilers for functional languages.
>
> I was surprised, when saw it in "Modern Compiler Design", which I've
> mentioned earlier. "Compiler design" series from Springer maybe reveal
> topics on FL in future as it become more popular. In new books about 1/5 of
> it is about FL, but very basic stuff.
>
> Кnowledge mostly lies in research papers, occasional articles like "The
> Glasgow Haskell Compiler"[1] in AOSA from creators, and source code :)
>
>
> [1] http://www.aosabook.org/en/ghc.html
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Sergey Bushnyak
>
>
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