Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x
Date	2020-06-03 16:09 +0100
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 03/06/2020 12:55, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Avicenna <itsme.susila@gmx.com> writes:
>>
>>> Long time ago, I remember reading about some "theory of computer
>>> languages", where they discuss about terminals, non-terminals,
>>> etc. and some trees and nodes. Is there such a formal course? Any
>>> formal name for such?  I'll like to look for such a free computer
>>> textbook.
>>
>> There are lots of texts available for free, but it's not always obvious
>> which one are good.  This one
>>
>> https://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jiang/cs215/tao-new.pdf
>>
>> is sound, and relatively concise.  You get a lot of terms explained in
>> a few pages.
>
> This is more concise and more accessible:
>
> http://marvin.cs.uidaho.edu/Teaching/CS445/grammar.pdf

Not my cup of tea.  Bad writing and too many inconsistencies for my
taste.  The OP mentioned "theory of computer languages" so I suggested
something rather more theoretical, but you are probably more on the
money with yours.

-- 
Ben.

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How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Avicenna <itsme.susila@gmx.com> - 2020-06-03 11:49 +0800
  Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-06-03 01:08 -0400
    Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Avicenna <itsme.susila@gmx.com> - 2020-06-03 15:30 +0800
      Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-06-03 04:03 -0400
    Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Avicenna <itsme.susila@gmx.com> - 2020-06-03 18:29 +0800
      Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 03:46 -0700
      Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-06-03 12:55 +0100
        Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-06-03 13:55 +0100
          Re: How to understand official C document- ISO/IEC 9899:201x Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-06-03 16:09 +0100
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