
diff -r fb23e3fd12e5 -r b7199d6c672d thys2/Paper/document/root.tex
--- a/thys2/Paper/document/root.tex	Tue Feb 08 01:25:26 2022 +0000
+++ b/thys2/Paper/document/root.tex	Tue Feb 08 14:29:41 2022 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 \author{Chengsong Tan}{King's College London}{chengsong.tan@kcl.ac.uk}{}{}
 \author{Christian Urban}{King's College London}{christian.urban@kcl.ac.uk}{}{}
 \authorrunning{C.~Tan and C.~Urban}
-\keywords{POSIX matching, Derivatives of Regular Expressions, Isabelle/HOL}
+\keywords{POSIX matching and lexing, Derivatives of Regular Expressions, Isabelle/HOL}
 \category{}
 \ccsdesc[100]{Design and analysis of algorithms}
 \ccsdesc[100]{Formal languages and automata theory}
@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@
 \maketitle
 
 \begin{abstract}
-  Sulzmann and Lu described a lexing algorithm that calculates
+  Sulzmann and Lu describe a lexing algorithm that calculates
   Brzozowski derivatives using bitcodes annotated to regular
   expressions.  Their algorithm generates POSIX values which encode
   the information of \emph{how} a regular expression matches a
   string---that is, which part of the string is matched by which part
-  of the regular expression.  The purpose of the bitcodes is to generate POSIX values incrementally while
+  of the regular expression. This information is needed in the
+  context of lexing in order to extract and to classify tokens.
+  The purpose of the bitcodes is to generate POSIX values incrementally while
   derivatives are calculated. They also help with designing
   an ``aggressive'' simplification function that keeps the size of
-  derivatives finite. Without simplification the size derivatives can grow
+  derivatives finite. Without simplification the size of some derivatives can grow
   arbitrarily big resulting in an extremely slow lexing algorithm.  In this
   paper we describe a variant of Sulzmann and Lu's algorithm: Our
   algorithm is a recursive functional program, whereas Sulzmann




