A Quick Introduction to SDF

by Joost Visser and Jeroen Scheerder

Abstract

This paper is intended for first time users. It contains motivation for using SDF with Generalized LR parsing and a step-by-step guided tour along the main features. The paper answers some some basic questions about SDF and gives a step-by-step recipe for developing SDF grammars. It even touches on the issue of writing Island Grammars in SDF.