Parser generator




A program which takes a formal description of a grammar (e.g. in BNF) and outputs source code for a parser which will recognise valid strings obeying that grammar and perform associated actions.

Unix's yacc is a well known example.





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PARMACS
ParMod
PARS
PARSEC
parser
ANother Tool for Language Recognition
Attribute Translation System
ayacc
Berkeley Yacc
Bison
parsing
Parsley
Partial Differential Equation LANguage
partial equivalence relation
partial evaluation