Intermediate representations (IR) in Compiler Design

In this article, we discuss intermediate representations and look at different approaches to IR while considering their properties.

Table of contentsIntroduction.Abstract Syntax Tree(AST).Directed Acyclic Graph(DAGs).Control flow graph.Static single assignment form.Linear IR.Static Machine IR.Summary.References.Introduction.

Intermediate representations lie between the abstract structure of the source language and the concrete structure of the target assembly language.
These represen...