Is it posted anywhere?

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> On Feb 16, 2025, at 12:41, Van Snyder via cctalk <[email protected]> 
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> On Sun, 2025-02-16 at 13:08 -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> You might want to look at the GCC internals manual.  GCC has an
>> explicit layering, with front end processing steps that construct
>> parse trees which are then transformed in stages, until they reach
>> the "target" code which converts the final internal representation
>> into actual machine code.
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> The IBM 1401 FORTRAN II compiler consisted of 63 phases. It read the
> program into core, then loaded phases that massaged what it had in core
> until it eventually had machine code. It ran from a deck of about 2,500
> cards, or from one tape. I have source code for it, and for a version I
> revised for the Computer History Museum. I reverse engineered
> operational tapes for two versions. Then the original author, Gary
> Mokotoff, found listings he thought he had lost when he retired. I
> transcribed his listings and assembled them. My code has more comments.
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