METAL(ID:1045/met013)
Began: 1983
Languages for 1983
1980s languages
Fourth generation
Late Cold War
Published: 1983
1983
The syntax-definition formalism of the Mentor system. Metal specifications are compiled to specifications for a scanner/parser generator such as Lex/Yacc
People:
Gilles Kahn
References:
Kahn, G et al, "Metal: A Formalism to Specify Formalisms", Sci Comp Prog 3:151-188 (1983).
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