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Module #2 Grammars
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Syntax Analysis: Top-Down Parsing

Objectives

  1. Read and write grammars for programming language constructs
  2. Remove left recursion from grammars
  3. Define ambiguous grammars
  4. Define LL(1)
  5. Perform Top-Down Parsing
  6. Use top-down parser generators

Background Material

0. Dragon Book: Sections 4.1- 4.4
1. My Text: Grammars
2. My Text: Top-Down Parsing
3. Cooper & Torczon: Grammars [PDF]
4. Cooper & Torczon: Top-Down Parsing [PDF]
5. Rastislav Bodik: Grammars [PDF]

6. Rastislav Bodik: Ambiguity [PDF]

7. Rastislav Bodik: Top-Down Parsing [PDF]

Homework [PDF]

Homework Solutions [PDF]