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A compiler is a program, written in an implementation language, accepting text in a source language and producing text in a target language. Language description languages are used to define all of these languages and themselves as well. The source language is an algorithmic language to be used by programmers. The target language is suitable for execution by some particular computer.
“If PL/I is the Fatal Disease, then perhaps Algol-68 is Capital Punishment”.
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Mckeeman, W.M. (1974). Compiler Construction. In: Bauer, F.L., Eickel, J. (eds) Compiler Construction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21549-4_1
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