On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Joel E. Denny wrote: > > Sorry, I didn't know about the README. I guess we'll have to maintain > > the list. How about if we use everybody at that link who's > > contributed a change some time in the last year or so? > > Ok. I'll just sort alphabetically.
Here's an updated patch. I'll wait a couple more days for comments. Joel Index: bison.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/directory/directory/bison.txt,v retrieving revision 1.43 diff -u -r1.43 bison.txt --- bison.txt 3 Oct 2005 18:37:24 -0000 1.43 +++ bison.txt 6 Jun 2006 17:52:14 -0000 @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ usually be found in the distribution itself. </p> <p> -Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software +Foundation, Inc. </p> <p> Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify this document @@ -19,24 +20,27 @@ %%short-description: Replacement for the parser generator 'yacc' -%%full-description: General purpose parser generator that converts a -grammar description for a LALR context-free grammar into a C program -to parse that grammar. It can be used to create a range of language -parsers. - -<P>Bison is upwardly compatible with Yacc, so properly written Yacc -grammars and those users familiar with Yacc should have little -trouble, although you do need to be fluent in C to use Bison. +%%full-description: Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts +an annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for that +grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use it to develop a wide +range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to +complex programming languages. + +<P>Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc grammars +ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar with Yacc should be +able to use Bison with little trouble. You need to be fluent in C or C++ +programming in order to use Bison. %%category: progmisc -%%maintainer: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +%%maintainer: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, +Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org> -%%touched: 2003-05-09 +%%touched: 2006-06-06 -%%updated: 2005-09-19 +%%updated: 2006-06-06 -%%keywords: parser, yacc, grammar, bison +%%keywords: parser, yacc, grammar, bison, LALR(1), GLR, C++ %%interface: Command Line @@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ %%GNU: yes -%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html +%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/ %%support: @@ -58,16 +62,24 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/; Printed user reference manual available from http://www.gnu.org/doc/book10.html -%%developers: Marc Autret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pascal Bart -<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Anisko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - -%%contributors: Robert Corbett, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilfred Hansen +%%developers: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl at gnu dot org>, +Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org>, +Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, +Paul Hilfinger <hilfinger at cs dot berkeley dot edu>, +Joel E. Denny <jdenny at ces dot clemson dot edu>, +Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan dot guerrero at gmx dot de>, +Tim Van Holder <tim dot van dot holder at pandora dot be> + +%%contributors: Robert Corbett, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>, +Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, +Akim Demaille <akim at freefriends dot org>, +Paul Hilfinger <hilfinger at cs dot berkeley dot edu> %%sponsors: %%changelog: -%%source-tarball: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.1.tar.gz +%%source-tarball: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.3.tar.gz %%source-info: @@ -85,7 +97,7 @@ %%source-language: C -%%supported-languages: +%%supported-languages: C, C++ %%use-requirements: @@ -95,7 +107,7 @@ %%source-prerequisites: -%%version: 2.1 stable released 2005-09-19 +%%version: 2.3 stable released 2006-06-05 %%announce-list: <[email protected]>
