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Some techniques used in the ALCOR ILLINOIS 7090

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An ALGOL compiler has been written by the ALCOR group for the IBM 7090. Some little known but significant techniques in compiler writing, together with organizational details of this compiler, are described. Timing estimates and an indication of compiler requirements are also given.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 8, Issue 8
        Aug. 1965
        67 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/365474
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