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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: A BNF for Lisp
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 17:26:06 EST
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I think there are some communication problems here.  What is the BNF
intended to be used for?  Reader macros are anything but a red herring if
you are actually building a Lisp system, including not only interpreters,
but pretty-printers of source code and structured editors.  On the other
hand, if this is merely an academic exercise, then nasty bits of reality
such as the context-sensitive lexical analysis of most Lisps can be safely
ignored.
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Tim Maroney, CMU Center for Art and Technology
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