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On the covering of syntax-directed translations for context-free grammars

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A necessary and sufficient set of conditions is obtained that relates any two context-free grammarsG 1 andG 2 with the property that wheneverG 2 left—or right—coversG 1, the syntax-directed translations (SDT’s) with underlying grammarG 1 is a subset of those with underlying grammarG 2. Also the case thatG 2 left—or right—coversG 1 but the SDT’s with underlying grammarG 1 is not a subset of the SDT’s with underlying grammarG 2 is considered; in this case an algorithm is described to obtain the syntax-directed translation schema (SDTS) with underlying grammarG 2 to the given SDTS with underlying grammarG 1, if it exists.

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Shyamasundar, R.K. On the covering of syntax-directed translations for context-free grammars. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 88, 1–19 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898330

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