4 Oct
2023
4 Oct
'23
11:22 a.m.
I thought that was probably the reason. Compiler-compilers weren't
exactly news by that time ...
On 4/10/23 08:42, Bakul Shah wrote:
From
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2534771/yacc--unix--and-advice-from--…
*What made you name your parser generator in the form of an
acronym: Yet Another Compiler Compiler?* There were other
Compiler-compilers in use at Bell Labs, especially as part of the
Multics project. I was familiar with a version of McClure's TMG.
When Jeff Ullman heard about my program, he said in astonishment
"Another compiler-compiler?". Thus the name...
On Oct 2, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Douglas McIlroy
<douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
Steve,
Was Yacc an original coinage, or was it inspired by a similar acronym
for yet another whatever? The question is inspired by Yamoo, yet
another map of Orion, which is mentioned in today's NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/orion-nebula-webb-planets.html.
Do the two acronyms share a common ancestor?
Doug