Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler

Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (September 18, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590591348
ISBN-13: 978-1590591345
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches

All software developers use languages, which are the fundamental tool of the trade. Despite curiosity about how languages work, few developers actually understand how. Unfortunately, most texts on language and compiler development are hard to digest, written from academic platforms for use in college-level computer science programs. On the other hand, Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler demystifies compiler and language development, and makes the subjects palatable for all programmers.

This practical book presents techniques that you can apply to everyday work. You'll learn to add scripts and macro languages to your applications, add runtime expression evaluation to their applications, and generate code immediately. Further, you will learn parsing techniques, which are essential to extract information from any structured form of data&emdash;like text files, user input, XML, or HTML. As a bonus, the book includes a complete QuickBasic compatible compiler with source code that works. The compiler illustrates the book's techniques and acts as a versatile .NET language.

User Review:

I preordered the book and I forced to admit that I was disappointed in the end product. The title implies that a compiler is created for .NET, but it does not create a MSIL compiler (such as C# or VB.NET). The provided code while it is written in a .NET language does not produce MSIL which is what the title of the book implies, instead the compiler runs it's own p-code. There is no partially correct statement as a previous review states, either it is or it is not and this is *not* a .NET compiler.

The fact that the author writes excuses for the book in his own review of the book should tip you off that something is not what you would think it is at face value. If you read the book you will find that he also makes such a statement that the code may not be what you were expecting in the book itself. Nilges knows that something is wrong.

That being said, if you have no background in writing compilers then this book may be of some value to you as an introductory text on the subject but don't expect to find anything here of any real use to your own work. If you think that you might enjoy the book then buy it used.


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