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hobbit

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Computing Dictionary

Hobbit
A Scheme to C compiler by Tanel Tammet . Hobbit attempts to retain most of the original Scheme program structure, making the output C program readable and modifiable. Hobbit is written in Scheme and is able to self-compile. Hobbit release 1 works together with the scm release scm4b3. Future releases of scm and hobbit will be coordinated.
Latest version: release 2.
(ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/scm/hobbit2.tar.Z).
(1993-04-25)
2. The non-ITS name of (*Hobbit*), master of lasers.

Computing Dictionary

hobbit
High order bit. The most significant bit (of a byte). Also known as the meta bit or high bit.
[The Jargon File]

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