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I was just going into the second quarter of compiler design when the dragon book came out. My copy was still literally “hot of the press” — still warm from the

I was just going into the second quarter of compiler design when the dragon book came out. My copy was still literally “hot of the press” — still warm from the ink baking ovens. It was worlds better that anything else available at the time.

eru 6mo ago
Oh, I don't doubt that in the bad old days the Dragon book was a step forward. It's just pretty bad compared to what you can get today.