Path: utzoo!dciem!array!len
From: len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: A Truly pd yacc. (zoo)
Keywords: yacc, pd
Message-ID: <52@array.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 89 13:35:28 GMT
References: <3577@yunexus.UUCP> <1342@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1989Sep6.130011.1539@talos.uucp>
Reply-To: len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Organization: Array Systems Computing, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
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In article <1989Sep6.130011.1539@talos.uucp> kjones%talos.uucp@uunet.uu.net writes:
>Ozan Yigit writes:
> > ... availability of a truly PD Yacc-compatible LALR parser generator
> > ZOO was announced by its author Bob Corbett, who's parser ^^^
>
>Mark S Madsen writes:
> > Great effort and all that, but isn't there a rather heavily used,
> > popular, freely distributable archiver/unarchiver in wide circulation
> > that already uses this name???
>
>Right.  In the fine bovine tradition of YACC and BISON, I suggest
>changing one letter of the name, thereby making it "MOO".

I agree that we need a common name by which to refer to this program,
but only Bob Corbett can decide on this name. Perhaps we should make
such a request to him. He might be willing to accept suggestions from
the net, however, so here is my suggestion. In keeping with the
zoological tradition (which is probably where the name "zoo" came
from) I suggest "zebra". I realize that zebras are not related to
cattle but "buffalo" is too long and I do not think "ox", "bull", and
"cow" have the right ring to them.

Len