Comment on Meta II a syntax-oriented compiler writing language (1964)Comments−wduquette1yYacc-ety Yacc.−pjmlp1yA decade before yacc was even an idea, or the events that eventually made UNIX.A fine example of systems programming, e.g. compiler writing, in high level languages, before the myth of C making it all possible.−wduquette1yI wasn't disparaging Meta II; just noting that it was evidently the first precursor of something we all take for granted. And also, I'd just happened to hear the old rock'n'roll song Yakety-Yak.
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Yacc-ety Yacc.
A decade before yacc was even an idea, or the events that eventually made UNIX.
A fine example of systems programming, e.g. compiler writing, in high level languages, before the myth of C making it all possible.
I wasn't disparaging Meta II; just noting that it was evidently the first precursor of something we all take for granted. And also, I'd just happened to hear the old rock'n'roll song Yakety-Yak.