Why informal specs usually win

[Michael.Kay at icl.com]

> 
> "Since then, almost every author of books on new programming languages
> used [BNF] to specify the syntax rules of the language."
> 
The reality, unfortunately, is that almost every author has invented a new
variant of BNF to specify the relevant syntax rules.

Mike Kay

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