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Re:Beads: Computer language and toolchain by knolax on Thursday May 27, 2021 @11:50PM (#27311536)
Not really a technical comment but this is the first time I've seen language syntax written down with graphs in documentation. I honestly would've preferred text but it is interesting. What tool did you generate them with?
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Re:Beads: Computer language and toolchain by GianFabien on Friday May 28, 2021 @05:24AM (#27313299)
That was the standard for Pascal. Apple even had a poster: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Mvjg7-02Mw/W_HBzLA8hBI/AAAAAAAAA...
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Re:Beads: Computer language and toolchain by magicmouse on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:34AM (#27311763)
The syntax diagrams are from a handy free web service at this link: https://www.bottlecaps.de/rr/ui#nonterminal
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