great book if you are taking courses on programming language and compilers courses. I bought this book for my course because it was recommended by my Professor, but I will be keeping it even after the completion of the course. I got the ebook version. Too good!

Purchased this for a class and found it very interesting and helpful. I got a lot out of this textbook and I recommend it for anyone looking to leran more on the subject.

If you don't know how programming languages work, I would say this is your book. It contains plenty of examples in different languages. It explains the trade-offs and internals in a very accessible language. The way to explain the different compiler stages and features is very natural. If you are looking for a concrete topic it is in the book.

On the other hand, the book contains complementary stuff in a CD. Along the book some topics are covered in digital content only. One extreme case is the last chapter "Code Improvement", it is digital entirely. It would be great if all chapters had a minimal "˜core' of content. By the way, the bibliography would be more useful in digital format only.

Great book on programming languages!

I would definitely purchase this book again. Last I saw, there was a new Third edition. If you want to know about the design decisions behind various programming languages and how programming languages work (at a somewhat high level), this book would fit the bill.

This is an excellent overview of the history, evolution, and current state of the differences in programming languages. Used as a text in a graduate level course and was very helpful and effective.