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.

Type: Conference paper
Intellectual base: Primary research
Year: 1959
Pages: 125-132
Link: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/paper/Backus-Syntax_and_Semantics_of_Proposed_IAL.pdf
Cited from: mathematics

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- 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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  Backus presents a formal metalinguistic notation (BNF) for specifying IAL syntax precisely, but does not mention generative grammar, parser generators or a craft-to-formal shift.
  
  “In the description of IAL syntax which follows we shall need some metalinguistic conventions for characterizing various strings of symbols.”
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