Current Parsing Techniques in Software Renovation Considered Harmful

                         Mark van den Brand
                           Alex Sellink
                           Chris Verhoef

We evaluate the parsing technology used by people working in the
reengineering industry.  We discuss parser generators and complete systems
like Yacc, TXL, TAMPR, REFINE, CobolTransformer, COSMOS, and ASF+SDF.  We
explain the merits and drawbacks of the various techniques.  We conclude
that current technology may cause problems for the reengineering industry
and that generalized $LR$ parsing technology is a possible solution.