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- The enclosed files are the first seven installments of a tutorial series on
- compiler theory and construction. The intended audience is those folks who
- are not computer scientists, but who enjoy computing and have always wanted to
- know how compilers work. A lot of compiler theory has been left out, but the
- practical issues are covered. By the time you have completed the series, you
- should be able to design and build your own working compiler. It will not be
- the world's best, nor will it put out incredibly tight code. Your product will
- probably never put Borland or MicroSoft out of business. But it will work,
- and it will be yours.
-
- A word about the format: The files were created using Sprint, and THEY HAVE
- EMBEDDED CONTROL CHARACTERS. They are Sprint PRN files, which means that they
- are intended to be sent to a printer. They are "almost ASCII", but they do
- have a few codes such as form feeds in them. They work fine on my Epson MX-80,
- which means that they will probably print correctly on most other printers,
- including IBM printers. Sorry about that, but it's the only way Sprint will do
- formatting correctly.
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- Jack W. Crenshaw
-
- CompuServe 72325,1327