The Syntax and Semantics of the Proposed International Algebraic Language of the Zürich ACM-GAMM Conference.

Backus, J. W. (1959). The Syntax and Semantics of the Proposed International Algebraic Language of the Zürich ACM-GAMM Conference. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Processing (ICIP), 125-132.

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Conference paper

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Year

1959

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https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/paper/Backus-Syntax_and_Semantics_of_Proposed_IAL.pdf

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mathematics

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• Formal System
  • Generative grammar moved into programming-language design, lifting compiler construction from craft to a formal-system enterprise via BNF and parser generators.

    This sourceIntroduces BNF, carrying generative-grammar formal-system structure into programming-language syntax and parser construction.

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