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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Dragon Book</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dragon.html" title="dragon"/><link rel="next" href="drain.html" title="drain"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Dragon Book</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dragon.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="drain.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Dragon-Book"/><dt xmlns="" id="Dragon-Book"><b>Dragon Book</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The classic text <i class="citetitle">Compilers: Principles, Techniques and
Tools</i>, by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman
(Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover
design featuring a dragon labeled &#8216;complexity of compiler
design&#8217; and a knight bearing the lance &#8216;LALR parser
generator&#8217; among his other trappings. This one is more specifically
known as the &#8216;Red Dragon Book&#8217; (1986); an earlier edition, sans
Sethi and titled <i class="citetitle">Principles Of Compiler Design</i>
(Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN
0-201-00022-9), was the `&#8216;reen Dragon Book&#8217; (1977). (Also
<span class="firstterm">New Dragon Book</span>, <span class="firstterm">Old Dragon Book</span>.) The horsed knight and the
Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is
typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game
representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends
back in normal space. See also <a href="../B/book-titles.html"><i class="glossterm">book titles</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dragon.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="drain.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dragon<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>drain</td></tr></table></div></body></html>