Communications of the ACM · 1964 · 16 citations · 3 references
ComputingComputer ScienceFormal MethodsSyntaxGrammarLanguage DescriptionSpecification LanguagesSyntactic AnalysisSyntax AnalysisFormal SyntaxLanguage SyntaxSpecification Notation
The addition of a few simple conventions to the Backus Normal Form specification of a language provides a mode of description which is more compact and easier to prepare and use than either the standard BNF description [1] or the corresponding syntactical chart [2].
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Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60
John Backus, Friedrich L. Bauer, J. Green et al. · Communications of the ACM · 1963 · 909 citations · Full text
Report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60
John Backus, Friedrich L. Bauer, J. Green et al. · Communications of the ACM · 1960 · 495 citations · Full text