LL
<grammar> A class of language grammars, which can be parsed without
backtracking. The first L stands for Left-to-right scan, the second for Leftmost
derivation.
Often found in the form LL(k) where k is the number of tokens of look-ahead
required when parsing a sentence of the language. In particular, LL(1) is a
fairly restrictive class of grammar, but allows simple top-down parsing (e.g.
recursive-descent) to be used without wasteful backtracking. A number of
programming languages are LL(1) (or close).
(1995-10-30)
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