On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:22:06AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Markus Wanner <mar...@bluegap.ch>, 2012-04-14, 10:45: > >>I would like to suggest to explicit the "GLR", "RPF", and > >>perhaps "EBNF" acronyms in the long description. > > > >GLR means "Generalized Left-to-right Rightmost deviation parser" > >or maybe "Generalized LR parser". EBNF is the Extended Backus–Naur > >Form. Acronyms like these - i.e. LL, LL(k), SLR, LALR - are pretty > >common when talking about parsers. > > Sure, they are also much more common than GLR. And if you are "just" > interested in parsing and not a computer scientists, there's a > chance you've never heard about any of them.
I can't really imagine someone writing a parser using such tools without having heard these acronyms first, though. And I'd risk saying they are actually more widely known than their expansions. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120414111248.ga17...@angband.pl
