Bison: The Yacc-compatible Parser Generator
by Charles Donnelly, Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 188211423X
Number of pages: 176
Description:
Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use it to develop a wide range of language parsers. You need to be fluent in C or C++ programming in order to use Bison or to understand this manual.
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