LR-regular parsers for dummies ?

I have started reading a 1971 paper ``LR-regular grammars -- an
Extension of LR(k) Grammars'', not once but several times.
Essentially, I drown in it: my short-term memory for notations,
symbols and abstractions runs out long before I reach some kind
of intuitive insight.


Therefore I would very much appreciate a for-dummies version of
the general idea, or any reference to a more accessible text
on the subject -- I have sought for more information in a few
general books on compilers and on the web but except for
bibliographies containing this same article, I haven't found a
single reference to the subject. I'm starting to suspect
that either the whole idea was useless, or that nobody ever
understood the paper and the idea got forgotten :-)


Does anyone remember this concept ?


Dirk van Deun Ceterum censeo Redmond delendum
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