PE>> The thing is, I did do compiler-writing.

 RS> Well, in that case its clearly a pathetic course if it didnt cover the
 RS> yacc type stuff.

I'll have to ask them.

 RS> Maybe it was the usual thing, it should have been, but some operational
 RS> problem like they couldnt readily provide one, so the didnt do things
 RS> the sensible way. Lots of courses are riddled with crap like that.

Ah well that's a point.  It's a course that can be done by correspondence
too, using your own PC.  They required Turbo Pascal on MSDOS, not a mini
running Unix!  BFN.

Paul

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