Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943023
Author: Robert W. Sebesta
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 9RQ

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Importance of predicates in an attribute grammar:

To rightfully understand a language, there has to be something unique other than context free grammar, attribute grammar come to rescue. It is a device that can be used to describe brief in structure of a programming language. This allows many languages to be convenient in description like giving type compatibility.

Predicate functions are associated with the grammar rules and state the static semantic rules of the language...

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