Looking for machine readable compiler writing materials?

[Terry Klarich]

I am interested in hearing from anyone who knows of any compiler writting
books which are machine readable. I am visually impared; and, getting
books in a usable format is a big job. I am specifically interested in
the relationship of intermediate code with the parser, optimizer and final
code generator. However, any compiler books would be helpful. It would
be greate if I could get the dragon book on cdrom or tape.

Terry
[It was typeset in troff, but I have no idea whether it's possible to get
access to the bits. -John]
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[Henry Spencer]

In article <92-0...@comp.compilers> te...@unx3.ucc.okstate.edu (Terry Klarich) writes:
>...greate if I could get the dragon book on cdrom or tape.

>[It was typeset in troff, but I have no idea whether it's possible to get
>access to the bits. -John]

Normally the bits are *not* available, since illicit copying of machine-
readable forms is (probably correctly) perceived as a threat to book sales.
It would seem reasonable to make some sort of special arrangements for
the blind and near-blind, but I don't know whether any of the technical
publishers has so far been motivated enough to sort out the legal and
technological issues.
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