Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide

by Dick Grune, Ceriel J.H. Jacobs

This second edition of Grune and Jacobs’ brilliant work presents new developments and discoveries that have been made in the field. Parsing, also referred to as syntax analysis, has been and continues to be an essential part of computer science and linguistics. Parsing techniques have grown considerably in importance, both in computer science, ie. advanced compilers often use general CF parsers, and computational linguistics where such parsers are the only option. They are used in a variety of software products including Web browsers, interpreters in computer devices, and data compression programs; and they are used extensively in linguistics.

Genres: Computer Science, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Technical, Technology, Algorithms

686 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Philip]

This book is really dense on the topic of parsing. It covers a lot of techniques, as the name suggest. Don't expect too much code related. You will see a lot of diagrams and discussion around ideas of a given technique.

[Michael Thorpe]

Incredibly awesome book, explains parsing from the (no pun intended) bottom up.

[Tetrahedronix]

Linguistics for linguists, information technology for computer scientists!
Don't mess around if you aren't proficient in either.