A method of syntax specification
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 7 (10) , 588-589
- https://doi.org/10.1145/364888.364969
Abstract
The addition of a few simple conventions to the Backus Normal Form specification of a language provides a mode of description which is more compact and easier to prepare and use than either the standard BNF description [1] or the corresponding syntactical chart [2].Keywords
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