Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide [Monographs in Computer Science]

by Dick Grune

Parsing is the process of structuring a linear representation in accordance with a given grammar.

the inner workings of a parser can be visualized, understood and modified to fit the application, with little more than cutting and pasting strings.

Key for handling complex input from any data stream or application.

There is a considerable difference between a mathematician's view of the world and a computer scientist's. To a mathematician all structures are static: they have always been and will always be; the only time dependence is that we just have not discovered them all yet.

The computer scientist is concerned with (and fascinated by) the continuous creation, combination, separation and destruction of...