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  1.                                                 August 1, 1994
  2.  
  3.                                                 Terence Parr
  4.                                                 Parr Research Corporation
  5.                                                 5517 Pleasant Ave
  6.                                                 Minneapolis MN 55419
  7.                                                 parrt@acm.org
  8.                                                 612 825-1901
  9.  
  10. Joe/Jane PCCTS user
  11. 1 Easy Street
  12. World At Large
  13.  
  14. Dear PCCTS user,
  15.  
  16. As the primary author of the tools in the Purdue Compiler Construction
  17. Tool Set (PCCTS), it has been mainly my responsibility to design,
  18. develop, and maintain these public-domain tools.  To support myself, I
  19. have been doing translation work for the Army High Performance
  20. Computer Research Center as a postdoctoral fellow.  Unfortunately, it
  21. has become increasingly difficult to satisfy both my employers and the
  22. PCCTS community; moreover, funding for my fellowship has been reduced.
  23.  
  24. As of August 1, 1994 I plan to leave academia for the private sector
  25. so that I may more fully support PCCTS.  Parr Research Corporation
  26. will continue to provide all tools, that are currently in the
  27. public-domain, totally free of charge and without copyright
  28. restrictions; i.e., ANTLR, DLG, and SORCERER.  My goal is to foster
  29. growth in the PCCTS community---I am committed to providing
  30. sophisticated language tools.
  31.  
  32. As the corporation grows, I hope to provide real documentation (in the
  33. form of a book), a graphical user interface for developing and
  34. debugging large language applications, and better user support (via a
  35. ``help'' line).
  36.  
  37. To support the corporation (and the development of PCCTS), I will rely
  38. on consulting fees, seminar fees, contract work, and ``maintenance
  39. contracts'' with industrial affiliates.  Pursuant to this, if you would
  40. be interested in having Parr Research perform one of these services
  41. for you or would just like to talk about the possibility, please
  42. contact me via email, phone, or normal mail.  Parr Research would also
  43. like to form ``strategic partner'' relationships with other organizations.
  44.  
  45. Thanks for your interest in PCCTS.  May your troubles be few and your
  46. programs bug-free.
  47.  
  48.                                                 Best Regards,
  49.  
  50.                                                 Terence Parr
  51.