[TUHS] etymology of yacc

[Ron Natalie]

According to WIkipedia (for what that’s worth), it was Stephen Johnson’s 
coining of it for YACC that started it all.



------ Original Message ------
>From "Douglas McIlroy" <douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu>
To "TUHS main list" <tuhs at tuhs.org>; scj at yaccman.com
Date 10/2/23, 9:25:18 PM
Subject [TUHS] etymology of yacc

>Steve,
>
>Was Yacc an original coinage, or was it inspired by a similar acronym
>for yet another whatever? The question is inspired by Yamoo, yet
>another map of Orion, which is mentioned in today's NYT:
>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/orion-nebula-webb-planets.html.
>Do the two acronyms share a common ancestor?
>
>Doug