[OT] New edition of the dragon book out tomorrow

[John Reimer]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:01:12 -0700, pragma <ericanderton at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> I thought some of the people here might want to know.  The wiki link  
>> below lists some of the topics covered in the new edition.
>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Compilers
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321486811
>>   Sean
>
>  From wikipedia:
>
> The book includes several additional topics that are not covered in the  
> current edition. New topics include
>
>      * directed translation
>      * new data flow analyses
>      * parallel machines
>      * JIT compiling
>      * garbage collection
>      * new case studies.
>
> IMO, this *really* makes me want to go grab a copy.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up Sean.


Harummph... I bought the Dragon Book earlier this year thinking that I was  
getting THAT book... At Amazon, they were advertising "new" chapters.   
After getting the book, I realized they were just referring to some  
partially complete chapters available for reviewing on the net.  I was  
really annoyed.  I really thought I was buying the new version of the  
book!  :(