Dragon Book
(computer science, slang) Any one of several textbooks about compiler construction written by Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman, especially Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986).
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(computer science, slang) Any one of several textbooks about compiler construction written by Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman, especially Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986).
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