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In [[computer science]], a '''compiler-compiler''' or '''compiler generator''' is a programming tool that creates a [[parsing|parser]], [[interpreter (computer software)|interpreter]], or [[compiler]] from some form of formal description of a [[programming language]] and machine.
The most common type of compiler-compiler is more precisely called a '''parser generator.''' It only handles syntactic analysis.
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