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Practical LL(1)-based parsing of van Wijngaarden grammars

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An LL(1)-based algorithm is described for parsing a class of van Wijngaarden grammars. The algorithm has been implemented in the concurrent programming language Occam, and is well suited to execution on a multi-processor computer.

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Fisher, A.J. Practical LL(1)-based parsing of van Wijngaarden grammars. Acta Informatica 21, 559–584 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289711

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