Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: gah4 Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: How dense is A First Course in Formal Language Theory? Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:58:46 -0700 Organization: Compilers Central Sender: johnl%iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <23-10-006@comp.compilers> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="11228"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: theory, parse, books, comment Posted-Date: 25 Oct 2023 08:38:28 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3533 In a Quora question about the most dense small book, the answer is Rayward-Smith's "A First Course in Formal Language Theory". I wonder if this is a well known book on Formal Language Theory, and is really that dense. [There's a copy in the Internet Archive. I took a look at the first chapter which is quite mathematical but no more than I would expect for this material. -John]