syntax definition language
Jonathan M Davis
jmdavisProg at gmx.com
Sun Oct 23 05:07:06 PDT 2011
On Sunday, October 23, 2011 15:58:36 Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
> Hi, guys!
> Can anyone tell me what's the name of this syntax definition language,
> used here: http://www.d-programming-language.org/lex.htm ?
It looks to me like it's using a variant of BNF just like pretty much every
other language grammar. It's using : instead of ::=, and it puts each option
in a rule on its own line rather than using |, but it's still basically BNF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus–Naur_Form
- Jonathan M Davis
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