Essentials of Compilation

This is the LaTeX sources for two books, one about compiling a subset of Racket to x86-64 assembly code and the other about compiling a subset of Python, also to x86-64.

Generating the book

To generate the book (build/book.pdf), run the make command (assuming you have a full install of TeX Live).

Related resources

• IU Compiler Course Webpage
• Student Support Code (Racket Version)
• Student Support Code (Python Version)

If you are an instructor, you may also request access to the reference implementation of the compiler and the full test suite.

• Instructor Solution (Racket Version)
• Instructor Solution (Python Version)

Universities that have used this book

• California Institute of Technology
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• IIIT Hyderabad
• Portland State University
• Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
• University of Basel
• University of Colorado Boulder (older version of the book)
• University of Freiburg
• University of Massachusetts Lowell
• University of Vermont

Instructors, please let me know if you plan to use this book in your course!