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<p>You are correct. I had (and read !), that book, but I had
obviously forgotten the author. I later worked with someone who
also had Josh Fisher as his advisor, so that's where my lossy
memory name substitution came from. Thank you for the correction !<br>
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I enjoyed that book when I read it.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/02/2024 03:55 PM, Paul McJones
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!important;">You can always read Josh Fisher's book on the
"Bulldog" compiler, I</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0,
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<div>Are you thinking of John Ellis’s thesis:</div>
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<div>Fisher was Ellis’s advisor. The thesis was also published in
ACM’s Doctoral Dissertation Award:</div>
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<div>I believe Ellis still has a tape with his thesis software on
it, but I don’t know if he’s been able to read it.</div>
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