Designed as an introductory text on compilers, this book provides a right mix of theory and practice for compiler construction. Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Compilers?An Introduction Chapter 2. Lexical Analysis Chapter 3. Syntax Analysis Chapter 4. Semantic Analysis Chapter 5. Intermediate Code Generation Chapter 6. Target Code Generation Chapter 7. Code Optimisation Special Features: Uses Bottom-Up Approach?gradual movement of topics from basic to advanced level. Explains Code Optimization with both global and local perspective. Covers Lexical, Syntax and Semantic Analysis in separate chapters. Substantiate every concept using C Programming examples. Explains Target Code Optimization using x86 Target Code Generator. Pedagogy include: 40 Solved examples 190 Review questions 37 Algorithms