Experience with a conversational parser generating system
Jacques Cohen · Software Practice and Experience · 1975
Abstract The author describes some of his experience gained by working in the area of syntax‐directed compilers and parser generating systems during the past ten years. His most recent work in this area was designing and supervising the implementation of a conversational parser generator which has been operational for about two years. The paper describes this generator, its implementation, usage and the characteristics which make it practical to use. The author's main conclusion is that althouth it is relatively easy to implement nuclei of parser generating systems which are of educational value, the implementation of a practical system requires a major programming effort.