<p>Summary for the impatient: I'm searching for good references on generating code for common language constructs but not parsing.</p>

<p>I am interested in programming languages and try to read the literature as much as possible. But most of them covers the topic in a functional and theoretical perspective that, I find them hard to understand let alone implement the ideas.</p>

<p>So the question is; Which resources do you suggest about programming language implementations that covers the topic in a more imperative and practical fashion?</p>

<p>For example, I find "<em>The Implementation of Lua 5.0</em>" paper very instructive.</p>

<p>Note that, I am not seeking articles about parsing or tokenizing.</p>

Here are a bunch of good textbooks:
Modern Compiler Implementation in Java (Tiger book) 
A.W. Appel 
Cambridge University Press, 1998 
ISBN 0-52158-388-8 
A textbook tutorial on compiler implementation, including techniques for many language features
Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools (Dragon book) 
Aho, Lam, Sethi and Ullman 
Addison-Wesley, 2006 
ISBN 0321486811 
The classic compilers textbook, although its front-end emphasis reflects its age.
Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation (Whale book) 
Steven Muchnick 
Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 1997 
ISBN 1-55860-320-4 
Essentially a recipe book of optimizations; very complete and suited for industrial practitioners and researchers.
Engineering a Compiler (Ark book) 
Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon 
Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2003 
ISBN 1-55860-698-X 
A modern classroom textbook, with increased emphasis on the back-end and implementation techniques.
Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures 
Randy Allen and Ken Kennedy 
Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001 
ISBN 1-55860-286-0 
A modern textbook that focuses on optimizations including parallelization and memory hierarchy optimizations.
Programming Languages Pragmatics 
Michael L. Scott 
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005 
ISBN 0126339511