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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: A BNF for Lisp
Message-ID: <2467@pucc-h>
Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 14:27:46 EST
Article-I.D.: pucc-h.2467
Posted: Tue Nov 19 14:27:46 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 20-Nov-85 08:28:52 EST
References: <60@aquila.UUCP> <68@nbs-amrf.UUCP> <63@aquila.UUCP>
Reply-To: ags@pucc-h.UUCP (Dave Seaman)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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In article <63@aquila.UUCP> chris@aquila.UUCP () writes:
>I never though a BNF for Lisp would generate so much Net traffic!
>As some people have commented, the grammar I posted cannot handle
>S-expressions of the form ( a . b . c ) -- changes were posted to do this.

I was the one who started the ( a . b . c ) discussion.  I cancelled that
article shortly after I sent it, but several people have seen it and
responded to it.

No version of Lisp that I know accepts ( a . b . c ), but ( a b . c ) is
legal Lisp and should be allowed by the grammar.  I posted a revised
BNF to reflect this.
-- 
Dave Seaman			 ..!pur-ee!pucc-h!ags