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An index directed compiler

1 Department of Computer Science, The University, Manchester, UK, 2 Commonwealth Scholar, Department of Computer Science, The University, Manchester, UK
This paper describes a system for discriminating between many possible combinations of conditions and invoking a routine to deal with them. It is illustrated with reference to a situation which may arise in a compiler, namely the treatment of different combinations of operands and operators.
* Department of Computer Science, The University, Manchester, 13.
Commonwealth Scholar, Department of Computer Science, The University, Manchester, 13.