[nostrademons]

The classic is the "Dragon Book":

http://www.amazon.com/Compilers-Principles-Techniques-Alfred...

I'm also partial to Appel's "Modern Compiler Implementation in ML", because it goes into more detail about techniques for compiling functional languages:

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Compiler-Implementation-Andrew-...

[qeorge]

Great, thanks. I'll check these out.