DRAGON BOOK
\dɹˈaɡən bˈʊk], \dɹˈaɡən bˈʊk], \d_ɹ_ˈa_ɡ_ə_n b_ˈʊ_k]\
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The classic text "Compilers: Principles,Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, andJeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6).So called because of the cover design featuring a dragonlabelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearingthe lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings.This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "PrinciplesOf Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman;Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "GreenDragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old DragonBook".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warilyeying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing(wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-gamerepresentation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of thebeast extends back in normal space.See also book titles.
By Denis Howe
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