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by rockybernstein 3183 days ago
> There are many exciting developments in compiler technology but they do seem to me to be fragmentary and not yet put together

I think the same thing could have been said back in 1977, and the dragon book pulled all of these things together. What's needed is someone today doing the same kind of thing with current technology. (Publishers, if you are reading and think there's a market contact me ;-)