This document discusses syntax analysis and parsing techniques for programming languages. It covers:
- Top-down and bottom-up parsing using techniques like recursive descent, table-driven, and LR parsing.
- Grammar issues like ambiguity and left-recursion that must be addressed for parsing programming languages.
- Error handling challenges for parsers including producing clear error messages, recovering from errors, and avoiding cascading error messages.
- Representing syntax with context-free grammars and translating between regular expressions, NFAs/DFAs, and grammars.