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by microtherion 2538 days ago
Wirth's book on Compiler Construction, in my opinion, is still a paradigm of lucid and concise writing, presenting a whole compiler in 130 pages. First edition was published in Pascal in 1977, the third edition (in Oberon) is available free online:

http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf