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  • Earliest detailed description of a compiler?

    From Derek@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 13 12:55:05 2024
    All,

    What is the earliest detailed description of the
    workings of a compiler?

    One from 18 April 1958
    Internal Translator (IT) A compiler for the 650 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/650/CarnegieInternalTranslator.pdf

    There were lots of compilers by 1957, but where is their
    internal documentation? https://shape-of-code.com/2017/05/21/evidence-for-28-possible-compilers-in-1957/

    [Good question. Here's a bunch of stuff about FORTRAN, with some
    details in the papers and lecture notes. Start with the 1957 WJCC
    preprint:

    https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/

    Chapter 7 of this 1958 FLOW-MATIC manual has some internal description:

    http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/flow-matic/U1518_FLOW-MATIC_Programming_System_1958.pdf
    -John]

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