ack/util/LLgen/READ_ME

                                LLGEN V1.0.4
                                ============

  Copyright © 1991-2005 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
                                 2006-07-26

INTRODUCTION
============

LLgen is a LL(1) parser in the style of yacc. It will generate an efficient
recursive descent parser for Extended Context-Free grammars, with an optional
non-correcting error recovery mechanism.

For more information, see the white papers in the doc directory. (You may need
to build LLgen first to be able to read them.)

INSTALLATION
============

LLgen depends on the following software:

    gcc: currently, LLgen only builds on gcc, due largely to the lack of any
        non-gcc test systems. Please contact the support mailing list (see
        below) if this is a problem.
        
    groff: used to build the documentation.

LLgen uses Prime Mover as its build tool. To build, do:

    ./pm install

This will compile LLgen and install it into /usr/local (which you must be able
to write to). If you want it installed elsewhere, use -D to change the PREFIX
variable:

    ./pm -DPREFIX="/home/dg/" install
    
(If you do change the prefix, you must supply it whenever you invoke pm,
whether you're installing or just building. And there must be a trailing / in
the path you give it.)

Invoking ./pm by itself will compile it but not install it; look in the bin
directory for an image of the installation directory.

USING LLGEN
===========

Please see the white papers in PREFIX/share/doc/LLgen, or the man page (called
LLgen).

LLgen itself uses a parser compiled in LLgen, so you can study the files in
the src directory for examples. If you wish to modify LLgen's own parser, the
bootstrap.sh script will update LLgen's source from the parser *.g files.
LLgen itself may then be recompiled with pm in the usual way. (Although you
may want to keep a copy of a known good LLgen around in case you break
something!)

SUPPORT
=======

LLgen is part of the Amsterdam Compiler Kit (although standalone and
distributed seperately). For more details, please see:

    http://tack.sourceforge.net

There is a mailing list available at:

    http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=130811

LICENSE
=======

LLgen is © 1991-2005 by the Vrije Universiteit and is distributed under a
license equivalent to the three-clause BSD license. See the COPYING file
for details.

Prime Mover is © 2006 David Given and is distributed under the MIT license.
Do './pm --license' for details.

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David Given
dg@cowlark.com
2006-07-21

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