The first compiler-compiler to be called a Compiler Compiler was written by Tony Booker in 1960 and used to create compilers for the Ferranti Atlas computer at the University of Manchester. However it was rather different from modern compiler compilers, and today would probably be described as a highly customisable generic compiler rather than as a compiler generator. Other examples of compiler compilers are GNU bison, Eli, FSL, META 5, MUG2, Parsley, Pre-cc, Yacc, SableCC and JavaCC.
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