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As far as I know, they were originally introduced by Niklaus Wirth to describe Pascal's syntax. See the last pages in this manual from 1973: https://www.researc
by rbonvall 6y ago
As far as I know, they were originally introduced by Niklaus Wirth to describe Pascal's syntax. See the last pages in this manual from 1973: https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/68910/eth-3059-01.pdf https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20....
- jhrwalter 6y agoThey even go back to Algol 68: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/book/Lindsey_van_der_Meulen-IItA68-Revised-SyntaxOnly.pdf http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/book/Lind...