---
name: "parsergen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gwydion-dylan-dev"
version: "2.3.8pre1-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/parsergen"
---

# parsergen(1)

A Dylan Parser Generator

## NAME

parsergen - A Dylan Parser Generator

## SYNOPSIS

**parsergen** *input-file* *output-file* \]

## WARNING

This man page is intended to supplement the main Gwydion Dylan documentation at *http://www.gwydiondylan.org/*. It provides an incomplete reference of the available options. For a full reference or a tutorial, please see the web site.

## DESCRIPTION

**parsergen** is a LALR parser generator.  It is a critical part of the bootstrapping of the Dylan compiler, but is provided in the hope that it might be useful for developing other parsers.

## SEE ALSO

[d2c(1)](/d2c/1.md), [dylan(7)](/dylan/7.md), [gwydion(7)](/gwydion/7.md).

Much more extensive documentation in various formats is available through the Gwydion Dylan web site at *http://www.gwydiondylan.org/*.

## AUTHORS

The Gwydion Group at CMU and the current Gwydion Dylan maintainers. See the CREDITS file in the Gwydion Dylan distribution for more information.