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There's a good discussion on this thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14487961The head post is negative about
the dragon book, but the subsequent discussion is balanced and informative. One comment:
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Don't read only the Dragon book if you're interested in compilers (or parsing in general). But it should be read, in addition to whatever else you read on the subject. It's classic for a reason.
There's a really good series of free books on aspects of modern software which includes a chapter or two about specific compilers - see
http://aosabook.org/en/index.html (You can pay for them too, if you like.)