Re: Re: [JUG-Delhi] Relevance of Knuth
balu raman <braman20012001-/[email protected]>
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--- rahul <rahulk-TkgXTuSR4r0f5/[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any book that > gives a *gentle* > introduction to parsing, automata, language grammars > and such. I bought > a book on that (Computation ...) and couldnt get > through even the first > chapter. Or should i first study some math before > attempting this. I > was once playing with javacc and after a while when > it came to complex > grammars (if else conditions etc) and abstract > syntax trees (AST) i got > lost. The Dragon Book by Sethi, Aho,Ullman is the standard book for what you are looking for. Regarding math knowledge, Computer Science typically doesn't need any math in depth, but one needs to have mathematical maturity and a kind of puzzle solving skills, and basic skills like what's called Discrete Math. Hope that helps - balu > > > _______________________________________________ > The ILUGD-Dev mailing list > Ilugd-dev-cunTk1MwBs8/[email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Suspend your list membership > at: > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd-dev ===== =================================================== Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my creator, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash