Re: Compiler "Phonics"

Trevor.Jenkins@suneidesis.com (Trevor Jenkins)
9 Mar 2003 17:17:31 -0500

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From: Trevor.Jenkins@suneidesis.com (Trevor Jenkins)
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Date: 9 Mar 2003 17:17:31 -0500
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On 24 Feb 2003 13:50:37 -0500, Alex K. Angelopoulos <aka@mvps.org> wrote:
> Off-the-wall question of the day... ;)
>
> How do people say the relationship in BNF grammar rules?
>
> e.g., how would one pronounce '::=' when used as a rule relationship, like this:
>
> IntegralLiteralValue ::= IntLiteral | HexLiteral | OctalLiteral


"produces"?


Cleaveland and Uzgalis call it the "the production symbol" in their 1977
classic "Grammars for Programming Languages" (p22).


Regards, Trevor

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