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From: ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (David Ritchie)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: grammar for cobol
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Date: 13 May 91 07:42:06 GMT
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>Does anyone have a grammar for cobol (any cobol)?  A lex/yacc 
>specification would be great.
>
>thanks,
>mark

  You might want to see the discussion going on about lex/yacc and
its non-suitability for use a parser generator for COBOL. If such 
critters exist, they are probably proprietary. 

-- Dave Ritchie
ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com