The classic text Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, by
Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley
1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover design
featuring a dragon labeled `complexity of compiler design' and a
knight bearing the lance `LALR parser generator' among his other
trappings. This one is more specifically known as the `Red Dragon
Book' (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled Principles Of
Compiler Design (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley,
1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the ``reen Dragon Book' (1977). (Also
New Dragon Book, Old Dragon Book.) The horsed knight and the Green
Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is
typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game
representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast
extends back in normal space. See also {book titles}.
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