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    <p>I thought that was probably the reason. Compiler-compilers
      weren't exactly news by that time ...<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/10/23 08:42, Bakul Shah wrote:<br>
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From <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2534771/yacc--unix--and-advice-from--bell-labs-alumni-stephen-johnson.html">https://www.computerworld.com/article/2534771/yacc--unix--and-advice-from--bell-labs-alumni-stephen-johnson.html</a>
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            initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">What made you name
            your parser generator in the form of an acronym: Yet Another
            Compiler Compiler?</b><span style="font-family: museo-sans,
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            initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> 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
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            <div>On Oct 2, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Douglas McIlroy
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              <div>Steve,<br>
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                Was Yacc an original coinage, or was it inspired by a
                similar acronym<br>
                for yet another whatever? The question is inspired by
                Yamoo, yet<br>
                another map of Orion, which is mentioned in today's NYT:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/orion-nebula-webb-planets.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/orion-nebula-webb-planets.html</a>.<br>
                Do the two acronyms share a common ancestor?<br>
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                Doug<br>
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