> Aharon (Arnold) Robbins wrote:   
   >   
   > It may be showing its age, but I think that "Crafting A Compiler in C"   
   > by Fischer and LeBlanc is worth looking at.  The original "Crafting   
   > A Compiler" was written in the late 80s when Ada was going to conquer the   
   > world and was also pushing compiler technology. Circa 1991 I translated   
   > the Ada code and pseudo-code into C for the C version of the book. Once   
   > I did that I finally understood how LR parsers work. :-)   
      
   The Ada version sounds intriguing. Thanks for mentioning it. I've done   
   similar things with non-compiler projects (translate something from one   
   language to another very different one). It helps greatly with understanding   
   as you said.   
      
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