Theory and Compiler Construction
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Compiler construction is an important topic in computer science. After computers were widely available, the need for powerful programming languages above the assembler level and the associated translators was discovered. Since then, theoretical insight in questions related to compiler construction changed the task of writing translators from an art into a science. This paper introduces some of the theoretical framework and gives applications as examples.
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