Grammars

Motivation
Plan
Background

(I am deliberately leaving out details, as they are still in a state of flux.)

Motivation

Where are the HLLs, 4GLs, VHLLs etc. for grammars? (HLGs?)
The typical person who needs to use grammars is not experienced in their use.
Use stories

Plan

MSc projects:

Designing Grammars
Manipulating Grammars
Deriving grammars from example texts

Background

Notations for context-free grammars: BNF, Syntax Diagrams, EBNF
Bending grammars to your will
Links, References etc.

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