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 `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.
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