Sequel to C99 EBNF Gramamr: POSIX AWK EBNF Grammar

ChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev – 19 points – EBNF Grammar for AWK
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A good amount of people liked my C99 EBNF grammar. I was defining grammars for most of today because you can't really blindly make a language, and you need a grammar to be there, even if the language exists and has dozens of implementations. As it happens, I have a couple of AWK-related projects, AWK2c and Squawk (people from Le Reddit may remember this one) so I defined AWK grammar as well.

Both Squawk and AWK2c have a considerable amount written. Squawk is in C and AWK2c is in OCaml. Tell me if you wish to see them, I don't see a reason to remote them yet.

Thanks.

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Interesting, thanks for putting the time in! I love awk and its Unix roots.

This question might not make any sense but I'm curious! What are some of your favourite languages based on their EBNF grammar alone?

I think any ML-based lanuage takes the cake. Like SML, OCaml, etc. These languages are really fluid.

I think Rust would look 'good' if there was an EBNF grammar for it but all there is are the psuedo-EBNF notations in the specs.