[TUHS] Memory management in Dennis Ritchie's C Compiler
arnold at skeeve.com
arnold at skeeve.com
Tue Aug 18 16:33:36 AEST 2020
norman at oclsc.org (Norman Wilson) wrote:
> See the lcc book for details. Read the book anyway;
> it's the one case I know of in which the authors
> followed strict Literate Programming rules and made
> a big success of it.
Oh, wouldn't you say that TeX also "followed strict Literate
Programming rules and made a big success of it"?
It's been a while, but I've read the TeX Book. It's a tour de force;
what Knuth accomplishes in very little space is amazing.
> Not only is the compiler well-
> documented, but the result is a wonderful tour
> through the construction and design decisions of a
> large program that does real work.
I'll agree, worth reading.
Thanks,
Arnold
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