Is Assembler Language essential in compiler construction? I've read a   
   few e-Books on compiler construction and it always says that knowledge   
   of assembly is essential.   
      
   I mean, if you wrote a program that converts code from BASIC to C++   
   then calls another compiler to do the compilation process, wouldn't   
   that be considered as a compiler?   
      
   I would appreciate any help I can get.   
      
   Thanks,   
   Marco   
   [You certainly need to understand the target language of your compiler.   
   Perhaps they weren't anticipating translators that target high level   
   languages. -John]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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