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  • Earliest detailed description of a compiler

    From Derek@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 13 21:14:18 2024
    All,

    What is the earliest detailed description of the
    workings of a compiler?

    One from 18 April 1958
    Internal Translator (IT) A compiler for the 650 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/650/CarnegieInternalTranslator.pdf

    There were lots of compilers by 1957, but where is their
    internal documentation? https://shape-of-code.com/2017/05/21/evidence-for-28-possible-compilers-in-1957/

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  • From Derek@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 13 21:55:59 2024
    All,

    Sorry, wrong group.

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