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layout: plt
title: computation/syntax
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# syntax

articles
- [An Overview of Lexing and Parsing](https://www.perl.com/pub/2012/10/an-overview-of-lexing-and-parsing.html/)
- [Just write the #!%/* parser](https://tiarkrompf.github.io/notes/?/just-write-the-parser/)

books
- [_Compilers: Principles, Techniques, Tools_](https://annas-archive.org/md5/90db32d070cfb70ca617e655d5c35529)

## notation

ebnf

npegs

## lexing

## parsing

cover:
- please please please lex
- handrolled parsers
- pegs and their limitations
- other varieties of parser generators (ANTLR, lalrpop, yacc...)