Incremental analysis of real programming languages

@inproceedings{Wagner1997IncrementalAO,
  title={Incremental analysis of real programming languages},
  author={Tim A. Wagner and Susan L. Graham},
  booktitle={PLDI '97},
  year={1997}
}
A major research goal for compilers and environments is the automatic derivation of tools from formal specifications. [] Key Method Our algorithm combines Tomita's generalized LR parser with reuse of entire subtrees via state-matching. Disambiguation can occur statically, during or after parsing, or during semantic analysis (using existing incremental techniques); program errors that preclude disambiguation retsin multiple interpretations indefinitely. Our representation and analyses gain efficiency by…
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