12.2.2 Parsing

The parsing method must be decided (see the summary to Module 5). If the parser is to be built from the BNF in a language design that is not LL(1), then LR(1) (LALR(1), more specifically) is the method of choice. Good error recovery is a difficult part of this phase, no matter what parsing method is chosen. Again, simple is better and parsing should consist of syntax analysis; static checking and other semantic analyses can be pushed off to the semantic analysis.

Again, for a small, fast compiler, the advice may be just the opposite: syntax analysis should be tightly coupled with semantic analysis.