Papers Implemented In LRSTAR

Efficient Computation Of LALR(1) Look-Ahead Sets
[by DeRemer and Pennello, 1982, TOPLAS]
In 1979, this paper was first published in SIGPlan Notices. It presents an elegant algorithm for computing the the look-ahead sets for an LR(0) state machine or minimal LR(1) state machine, which enables the creation of LALR(1) or minimal LR(1) parsers. The paper also contains an algorithm, called DiGraph, for computing transitive closure of directed graphs which performs about 3 times the speed of Warshall's algorithm, for sparsely populated graphs. 

Optimization Of Parser Tables For Portable Compilers
[by Dencker, Durre, Heuft, 1984, TOPLAS]
This paper presents a matrix type of structure for parser tables. Making of a boolean matrix allows one to use graph coloring on both the terminal-transition matrix and the nonterminal-transition matrix. This provides small parser tables which still offer excellent parsing speed, which is linear in relation to the size of the input stream. Note: the size of the grammar has no effect on parsing speed, which is the same for all grammars (large or small).

A Translational BNF Grammar Notation (TBNF)
[by Paul B Mann, 2006, SIGPLAN Notices]
Some new BNF grammar notations are presented which allows one to specify the structure, content and processing of an abstract-syntax tree (AST), thereby offering improved productivity and reliability in the development of computer-language software products.  An example is given which shows how to define the complete translation process from source language to intermediate code.