QUESTION: what does LR(0) mean? and what's behind the name LR0.c ?

Hi, I'm going through the bison code, and I'm curious as to the name of the source code file LR0.c . Seems like this file creates the states. After they are created, the first state is at state 0. Is this why it's called LR0.c ? Could it have been named something like generate-states.c ? I

Re: QUESTION: what does LR(0) mean? and what's behind the name LR0.c ?

In article <1412583978.11745.yahoomailba...@web126104.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> you write: >Hi, I'm going through the bison code, and I'm curious as to the name of the >source code file LR0.c . > >Seems like this file creates the states. After they are created, the first >state is at state 0. You mi