[Python-ideas] Hooking between lexer and parser

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Robert Collins writes:

 > There's probably an economics theorem to describe that, but I'm not an
 > economist :)

I'd like to refuse the troll, but this one is too good to pass up.

The book which is the authoritative source on the theorems you're
looking for is Nancy Stokey's "The Economics of Inaction".  'Nuff said
on this topic?<wink/>