Re: Universal Compiler

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Universal Compiler
Date	2025-02-09 13:57 -0800
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Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> writes:

[...]

> At about this time - the 1960s - Alan Perlis, then department
> chair at CMU, had two relevant PhD theses written by his students.
> [...]
>
> The second thesis was by a fellow named Fischer (sp?) whose first
> name I've forgotten.  He defined a set of control primitives:
> think of relations between pieces of computations.  Once again
> these were to be used to form the end result when macros were used
> to translate from some high level language.  It was assumed here
> (as was above) that some hardware specific back end would turn
> these expansions either into code (compiler) or into behavior
> (interpreter).  Fischer built such an interpreter.

I expect you are referring to David Fisher.

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Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 15:50 +0000
  Re: Universal Compiler Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2025-02-08 16:28 +0000
    Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 16:35 +0000
      Re: Universal Compiler Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2025-02-08 16:40 +0000
        Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 16:46 +0000
          Re: Universal Compiler Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 17:49 +0100
            Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 16:50 +0000
              Re: Universal Compiler Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 18:04 +0100
                Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 19:57 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-09 07:27 +0100
                Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 11:58 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-02-09 09:17 +0000
              Re: Universal Compiler Phillip <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> - 2025-02-08 22:59 -0500
          Re: Universal Compiler Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-02-08 22:19 -0700
            Re: Universal Compiler Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2025-02-09 03:24 -0700
            Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 12:02 +0000
            Re: Universal Compiler Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-02-09 13:57 -0800
            Re: Universal Compiler antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-02-10 20:09 +0000
              Re: Universal Compiler Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-02-10 16:05 -0700
          Re: Universal Compiler Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-02-09 09:16 +0000
            Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 12:05 +0000
              Re: Universal Compiler Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-02-09 16:28 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 21:22 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2025-02-09 17:14 -0500
                Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 22:19 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2025-02-09 17:52 -0500
                Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-09 23:05 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-10 08:28 +0000
                Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-10 08:27 +0000
  Re: Universal Compiler David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-02-10 08:46 +0100
    Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-10 08:31 +0000
      Re: Universal Compiler David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-02-10 11:06 +0100
        Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-10 10:40 +0000
        Re: Universal Compiler Phillip <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> - 2025-02-10 10:11 -0500
          Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-10 22:17 +0000
            Re: Universal Compiler Phillip <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> - 2025-02-11 10:40 -0500
        Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-10 22:15 +0000
          Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-11 08:38 +0000
        Re: Universal Compiler Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2025-02-10 23:14 +0000
          Re: Universal Compiler Mr Flibble <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2025-02-10 23:57 +0000
            Re: Universal Compiler "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 18:31 -0800
          Re: Universal Compiler David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-02-11 10:04 +0100
            Re: Universal Compiler Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-11 19:44 +0200
              Re: Universal Compiler David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-02-11 20:27 +0100
      Re: Universal Compiler Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 03:49 -0800
        Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-10 11:56 +0000
          Re: Universal Compiler Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 14:19 -0800
            Re: Universal Compiler David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-02-11 10:07 +0100
              Re: Universal Compiler Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-11 01:56 -0800
                Re: Universal Compiler Mumbly@Schnooker.org - 2025-02-11 10:04 +0000
  Re: Universal Compiler Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 18:27 -0800
    Re: Universal Compiler Muffley@PillowHQ.org - 2025-02-11 08:41 +0000

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