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| Re: push lexer? johann@2ndquadrant.com (Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson) (2012-01-30) |
| ACM ISMM 2012 Call for Papers (Beijing, Jun 12) martin.vechev@gmail.com (Martin Vechev) (2012-01-30) |
| Compiler positions available for week ending January 29 compilers@iecc.com (comp.compilers) (2012-01-29) |
| GNU Tools Cauldron 2012 - Call for Abstracts and Participation (Prague dnovillo@google.com (2012-01-19) |
| Re: Help needed with function pointer examples dot@dotat.at (Tony Finch) (2012-01-19) |
| Re: push lexer? haberg-news@telia.com (Hans Aberg) (2012-01-17) |
| Re: Statistics on compiling the Free Pascal compiler for Win32 pascaldragon@googlemail.com (Sven Barth) (2012-01-17) |
| Re: Help needed with function pointer examples DrDiettrich1@aol.com (Hans-Peter Diettrich) (2012-01-17) |
| Statistics on compiling the Free Pascal compiler for Win32 paul@paul-robinson.us (Paul Robinson) (2012-01-17) |
| push lexer? detlef.bosau@web.de (Detlef Bosau) (2012-01-17) |
| APPLC'12 --- call for papers (Beijing, Jun 12) jingling@cse.unsw.edu.au (Jingling Xue) (2012-01-17) |
| Re: Help needed with function pointer examples arnold@skeeve.com (2012-01-16) |
| Re: Help needed with function pointer examples torbenm@diku.dk (2012-01-16) |
| Seed7 Release 2012-01-15 thomas.mertes@gmx.at (tm) (2012-01-15) |
| Re: programming in PL/I gah@ugcs.caltech.edu (glen herrmannsfeldt) (2012-01-15) |
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