dragon book

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dragon book - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Dragon Book
  
     <publication> The classic text "Compilers: Principles,
     Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and
     Jeffrey D.  Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6).
     So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon
     labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing
     the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings.
     This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book"
     (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles
     Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman;
     Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green
     Dragon Book" (1977).  (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon
     Book".)  The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily
     eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing
     (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game
     representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the
     beast extends back in normal space.
  
     See also book titles.
  
     (1996-12-03)
  

dragon book - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Dragon Book
   n.
  
     The classic text Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, by
     Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley
  1986;
     ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover design featuring
  a
     dragon labeled `complexity of compiler design' and a knight bearing
     the lance `LALR parser generator' among his other trappings. This one
     is more specifically known as the `Red Dragon Book' (1986); an
  earlier
     edition, sans Sethi and titled Principles Of Compiler Design (Alfred
     V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN
     0-201-00022-9), was the ``reen Dragon Book' (1977). (Also New Dragon
     Book, Old Dragon Book.) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were
     warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing
     (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game
  representation
     of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in
     normal space. See also book titles.