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Article #2478Re: Using C to describe itself
From: J. A. "Biep" Durieux
Date: Wed, 13 May 1987 13:07
Date: Wed, 13 May 1987 13:07
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In article <1286@arthur.cs.purdue.edu>, sjc@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Steve Chapin) writes: > ... C compilers ... In article <764@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: > ... C compilers ... Shouldn't this whole discussion become a lot more useful if we started to talk about (metacircular) interpreters instead of compilers to any non-C goal language? <The other possibility would be a C-to-C compiler, of course :-) > -- Biep. (biep@cs.vu.nl via mcvax) When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctoring doctor doctor the doc- tored doctor with the doctoring doctor's doctrine, or does the doctoring doctor doctor the doctored doctor with the doctored doctor's doctrine?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!botter!klipper!biep From: biep@cs.vu.nl (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Using C to describe itself Message-ID: <746@klipper.cs.vu.nl> Date: Wed, 13-May-87 09:07:23 EDT Article-I.D.: klipper.746 Posted: Wed May 13 09:07:23 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 04:17:21 EDT References: <437@haddock.UUCP} <1829@enea.UUCP> <440@haddock.UUCP> <1286@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> <764@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: biep@cs.vu.nl (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 18