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The removal of these causes may convert the grammar into unambiguous grammar. The decidability of equivalence is extended to the ll k grammars. Ambiguity in contextfree grammars if a context free grammar g has more than one derivation tree for some string w. A compiler translates a program in a source language to a program in a target language. This doesnt mean there arent classes of grammars where an answer is possible. Many languages admit both ambiguous and unambiguous grammars, while some languages admit only. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you. Compiler design notes pdf cd notes free download sw. It is done by leftmost derivation for an input string.
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