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recursive descent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
re-cur-sive de-s-cent
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of top-down parsing involving a set of mutually recursive procedures, each of which implements one of the non-terminals of the grammar, so that the structure of the parser program closely mirrors that of the grammar.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

predictive parser

Frequently Paired Words

predictive parser

Questions

What does recursive descent mean?
A kind of top-down parsing involving a set of mutually recursive procedures, each of which implements one of the non-terminals of the grammar, so that the structure of the parser program closely mirrors that of the grammar.

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