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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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sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2;
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text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
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
name...</span></div>
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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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