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Purple Dragon Book

Purple Dragon Book proper noun: the second edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2006), a notable textbook about compiler construction.

Proper noun

the Purple Dragon Book

  1. (slang) The second edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2006), a notable textbook about compiler construction.

Origin of Purple Dragon Book

The textbook was originally published with a purple dragon on its cover art.

Questions about Purple Dragon Book

What does Purple Dragon Book mean?
Purple Dragon Book means the second edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2006), a notable textbook about compiler construction.
What part of speech is Purple Dragon Book?
Purple Dragon Book is a proper noun.

Words near Purple Dragon Book in the dictionary

  1. purple box
  2. purple boxes
  3. purple coral
  4. purple corals
  5. purple death
  6. Purple Dragon Book
  7. purple drank
  8. purple dye murex
  9. Purple Earth hypothesis
  10. purple emperor
  11. purple emperors

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