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   Russ Cox to All   
   Re: Computing Follow set   
   06 Mar 08 21:04:52   
   
   From: rsc@swtch.com   
      
   > A -> aB | a   
   > B -> bA | b   
   >   
   >>From the production A -> aB, we have FOLLOW(B) contains FOLLOW(A).   
   >>From the production B -> bA, we have FOLLOW(A) contains FOLLOW(B).   
   >   
   > This ends up being an infinite loop when I code it. I would appreciate   
   > your suggestions on this.   
      
   Start with FOLLOW(A), FOLLOW(B) empty, and then   
   repeatedly recalculate them, until they stop growing.   
      
   Russ   
      
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