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Subject: Re: A Plain English Compiler
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:01:38 -0700 (PDT)
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I wonder if the OP has a clue how compilers work? If he has, he might
want to try his hand at writing a BNF grammar for English.

And I wish him the best of luck.

[As I said back in 2006, it's not hard to make an easy to parse subset of English,
but that's COBOL. -John]