Everything about LALR parser

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: LALR parserA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Principles of compiler designThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: LALR(1, 1) parser generation for regular right part grammarsCited 9 times
4. Go sideways: LALR parser generatorA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: Simple LR parserA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• LALR(1, 1) parser generation for regular right part grammars

  N. P. Chapman · 1984 · Acta Informatica · 9 citations

• An improved LALR(k) parser generation for regular right part grammars

  Heung-Chul Shin, Kwang-Moo Choe · 1993 · Information Processing Letters · 5 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Principles of compiler designAlfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman · 1977
• 📕An efficient LALR Parser generatorW. R. Lalonde · 1971
• Introduction to compiler constructionParsons, Thomas W. · 1992

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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