Macro instruction extensions of compiler languages

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Macroinstruction compilers constructed from a small set of functions can be made extremely powerful. In particular, conditional assembly, nested definitions, and parenthetical notation serve to make a compiler capable of accepting very general extensions to its ground language. © 1960, ACM. All rights reserved.

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McIlroy, M. D. (1960). Macro instruction extensions of compiler languages. Communications of the ACM, 3(4), 214–220. https://doi.org/10.1145/367177.367223

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