[TUHS] Memory management in Dennis Ritchie's C Compiler

[arnold at skeeve.com]

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