On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 03:58  PM, Kent R. Spillner wrote:

> Brian Wisti wrote:
>> This sounds neat.  I have a question, though.  You mention LL(1) a 
>> lot.  Is the "(1)" supposed to be a footnote to something I can't 
>> see, or is there something out there called "LL(1)"?
>
> LL(1) is a specific class of parser.  The LL means left-to-right, 
> left-most derivation.  The number in parenthesis (in this case, 1) 
> indicates the number of tokens of look-ahead required to parse.

Thank you very much.  It is good to end each day knowing a little more 
than you did at the start.  If you can end the day having taught 
someone else something new, that is even better!


Brian Wisti (brian / coolnamehere.com)
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