meaning of parser generator
1. parser generator A program which takes a formal description of a grammar e. g. in BNF and outputs source code for a parser which wil recognise valid strings obeying that grammar and perform associated actions. Unixs yacc is a well known example. parsing parser Parsley A Pascal extension for construction of parse trees, by Barber of Summit Software. It features Iterators. ["PARSLEY: A New Compiler-Compiler", in Software Development Tools, Techniques and Alternatives, Arlington VA, Jul 1983, pp. 232-241].
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