1 ![PetitParser](http://scg.unibe.ch/files/c0/gidr6vlrj4aw5k22a3y9fajle0qui0/petitparser-small.png)

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     4 # PetitParser and PetitCompiler for Smalltalk/X

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     6 ## PetitParser 

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     8 *Grammars for programming languages are traditionally specified statically. 

     9 They are hard to compose and reuse due to ambiguities that inevitably arise. 

    10 **PetitParser** combines ideas from scannerless parsing, parser combinators, 

    11 parsing expression grammars and packrat parsers to model grammars and parsers 

    12 as objects that can be reconfigured dynamically.*

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    14 For more details on PetitParser itself refer to [PetitParser homepage](http://scg.unibe.ch/research/helvetia/petitparser)

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    16 ## PetitCompiler

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    18 **PetitCompiler** compiles regular PetitParser grammars into an equivalent top-down 

    19 parser implemented in Smalltalk. The compiled parser is significantly faster than

    20 PetitParser based one. 

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    22 ### Documentation 

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    24 For more information on how to use PetitCompiler refer to [wiki](https://bitbucket.org/janvrany/stx-goodies-petitparser/wiki/Home)

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    26 # Installation

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    28 See [installation notes](https://bitbucket.org/janvrany/stx-goodies-petitparser/wiki/Installation) on [wiki](https://bitbucket.org/janvrany/stx-goodies-petitparser/wiki/Home)

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    30 # License

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    32 The MIT License, see [LICENSE](https://bitbucket.org/janvrany/stx-goodies-petitparser/src/default/LICENSE.txt?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default).

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