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[Edit: this comment is obsolete; author fixed both issues]

The attribution is missing: As the README on the repository (https://github.com/xmonader/letsbuildacompiler-pretty) explains, this is a prettified version of the plain-text “Let's Build a Compiler” by Jack Crenshaw, published in serial form during 1988 to 1995 (https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/).

This prettified version is nice; if nothing else the syntax highlighting in the code samples makes them easier to read.

But comparing for example the first installment at the original (https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/tutor1.txt) and here (https://xmonader.github.io/letsbuildacompiler-pretty/tutor01...), looks like the title, author name, copyright notice, and date have all been removed. Hopefully the maintainer of this repo finds a way to add them back. (Also, Part 9 seems to be empty? Reporting on the repo.)

Edit: Reported on the repo and the author fixed promptly. Thanks!




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