It stands for Backus-Naur Form. See here:
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/db-research/Enseignement/analyseinfo/AboutBNF.html
You can find a huge example of something specified in BNF here:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0822.txt
Have fun :)
Keith
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Subject: [REBOL] [Rebol_New] symbol manipulation Re:(5)
> Actually, I don't know what BNF means ( Boil No Figs?) Maybe I should read
> something about this. Reccommend a book?
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> >
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 2:24 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [REBOL] [Rebol_New] symbol manipulation Re:(2)
> > >
> > > > How do you link up the BNF definition with the parse statement?
> > > > I can't seem to find any simple examples. Thanks!
> > >
> > > Hi, just a short note, which might help a bit. Rebol's parse is not
like
> an
> > > EBNF parser, it doesn't support the "parallel" selection of rules. So
> thing
> > > you specify with | are not seen en block... this makes thing quite
> > > cumbersome sometimes... Robert
> >
> > As Carl stated, something like:
> >
> > first [value | value1 | value2]
> >
> > or
> >
> > thru [value | value1 | value2] ; the same for 'to
> >
> > is planned ....
> >
> > Is this what you would like to get?
> >
> > -pekr-
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