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From: nickroberts@ukf.net (Nick Roberts)
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Subject: Re: The making of compilers
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 23:45:35 +0000 (UTC), "tony gair"
<tonygair@nespamtome.btinternet.com> strongly typed:

>I heard from a lecturer in 1990 that compilers were built by writing a
>language subset compiler in assembler (or C or C++ or.....) and then by
>using that subset to step by step extend the language to its desired form.

Where is this question leading, Tony?

-- 
Nick Roberts