I found the perfect book on parsing

[honey the codewitch]

I didn't see any used for that price. I'll look again, thanks. I think it sent me to amazon.ca, maybe that's why

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[RaviBee]

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[carloscs]

If batting eyelashes doesn't work (hard to imagine)... :) The first edition is available for download on the (seemingly legit) author site: PTAPG_1st_Edition[^]

[Rick York]

I looked again and the second entry at Amazon is the hardcover version, used and it is the one at $34. It is rather funny that Grune's name is misspelled on the cover of it.

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[honey the codewitch]

Yeah thanks, i found it for $80 used

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[honey the codewitch]

I think that's the first edition. Cheapest i found the 2nd edition for was about $79 and change

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[honey the codewitch]

oh wow. I'll look into that thank you! Edit: No book there, just a link to the 2nd edition (to buy) and a note that the 1st edition is out of print. Oh well. I ended up finding it for about $80, that's a bit more reasonable than what i was looking at having to pay.

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[Amarnath S]

I feel you are more than qualified to write that perfect book on Parsing.

[Rick York]

A PDF version of it can be found here : Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide - Free Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books, Lecture Notes and Tutorials[^] -edit- it seems the PDF version is inaccessible from that page.

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[honey the codewitch]

Yeah it's locked down. They want their money!

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[Mark_Wallace]

honey the codewitch wrote:

Not sure it covers GLR or LL(k)

The Greater London Regional and Lesser Liverpudlian (krap) idioms? I imagine it would.

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[carloscs]

Fooled me the first time also: the top Title/link is for the pdf :) Seems like I need new four eyes, the link is only to an image. Hmm, the link seems to be PTAPG_1st_Edition[^] Found in freecomputerbooks.com website. It's still to the authors site, but don't know what to make of it...

[Rick York]

I was mistaken. The link worked and I have several copies of the PDF now.

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[Johnny J]

That should be easy. Just make a compilation of the Lounge posts... :doh:

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I found the perfect book on parsing

How do you know? Did you read it? If you have read it, then, what's the reason of buying it? :-D

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[honey the codewitch]

excerpts of most books are available online

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[honey the codewitch]

Main link doesn't work but the mirror does. thanks. I think i still need the 2nd edition for stuff like GLR but this is great.

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[honey the codewitch]

yeah i found that link finally thanks to Rick York. Still, I need the 2nd edition but this is great for now. Thanks

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[W Balboos GHB]

OK - so I've analyzed the situation.

• Essentially, you've actually parsed many books to find one that you feel is perfect.
• Needing the book naturally implies your parsing itself may not be perfect*
• However, since your parsing itself is imperfect you cannot be sure if this is the perfect book.
• Buying the book, however, will teach you if you parsed perfectly to find it!
• Unless, of course, you parsed imperfectly to ascertain its perfection, in which case it would
• only be perfect by mere happenstance.
• In which case, then, if it is not perfect you're back on the road, again.

Somehow, "Rinse and Repeat" seems the most appropriate closing at this point. * We leap to the conclusion that you really meant the contents of the book are perfect.

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