6. Compiler technologies

A compiler is a complex piece of software that is the result of numerous scientific advances. It is made up of multiple tools that can be used separately.

6.1 Lexer / Parser

In particular, one of the historical difficulties of compilers has been the creation of techniques for defining a program's grammar and analyzing a program's source text.

Two basic technologies are used: lexical analysis and syntactic analysis.

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6.1.1 Lexer: Regular expressions

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