Probably by design.
reply> This book offers a one semester introduction [...] enabling the reader to build a simple compiler that accepts a *C-like language*
Then it is really not about language design... I would rather recommend https://www.plai.org/
replyAs a lisper, i like PLAI and all the other books from the same school: Lisp in small pieces and many others.
replyBut they also felt kind of detached from realities of industrial languages and compilers.
These days Crafting Interpreters is probably the best suggestion.
Also Practical Foundations for Programming Languages by Harper.
replyWhy that book specifically?
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