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Practicalities of Syntax Analysis

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In this chapter we adopt a practical approach to syntax analysis and we look in detail at the two most popular techniques used for the construction of syntax analysers for programming language compilers and similar tools.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Sussex University, Brighton, East Sussex, UK

    Des Watson

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Watson, D. (2017). Practicalities of Syntax Analysis. In: A Practical Approach to Compiler Construction. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52789-5_5

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