Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar

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From	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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> [Depends what you mean by language.  If you mean from a set of sentences,
> sure, it's this:

>   lang ::= sentence1 | sentence2 | ...
>   sentence1 ::= tokens in sentence1
>   sentence2 ::= tokens in sentence2
>   ...

Indeed.  Actually, there's a more concise grammar that also accepts those
same sentences:

    lang = .*


-- Stefan
[Well, yeah, but that's a little overgeneral. -John]

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Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com> - 2017-04-16 19:01 +0530
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 08:31 +0530
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Tom <treid3@centurylink.net> - 2017-04-17 03:19 +0000
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr> - 2017-04-17 12:57 +0200
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar "Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk> - 2017-04-17 15:29 +0100
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-06 22:02 -0400

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