From: lkrupp@pssw.com   
      
   Tony wrote:   
   > In C++, there is many kinds of scope: global, translation unit, function,   
   > local (between the curly brackets within a function), class and probably   
   > more. How is the concept of scope implemented by a compiler for a program?   
      
   The last time I looked at a (Burroughs Extended) ALGOL compiler, it used   
   a linked list of symbol tables.  When it entered a scope, it linked its   
   symbol table to the head of the list;  when it left a scope, it removed   
   its table and pointed the list head at the previous scope.   
      
   Louis   
      
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