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From: jk@cs.man.ac.uk (John Kewley ICL)
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Subject: Re: BNF style: followup request
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Date: 7 Nov 90 08:33:12 GMT
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In article <2413@wn1.sci.kun.nl> hugh@phoibos.cs.kun.nl (Hugh Osborne) writes:
>Sorry - when I posted my BNF macros I forgot to ask:
>
>      Could you let me know if they are of any use and, especially
>      if you discover (and possibly repair) any bugs?
>
>Thank you,
>              Hugh.

I found them useful, but not quite perfect since we use a different style
of grammar syntax. We use [ ], { } and { ...} in the syntax as well as the
usual |.

I also got style files from Nick North <ndn@seg.npl.co> and rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr.
the rjc ones were fairly easy to use, the ndn ones used a tabbing environment
to layout the productions, but Hugh's ones had the advantage of
user-configurable output and a very readable grammar.
--
        J.K.
 
John M. Kewley, ICL, Wenlock Way, West Gorton, Manchester. M12 5DR
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