Berkeley Yacc
Berkeley Yacc (byacc) is a Unix parser generator designed to be compatible with Yacc. It was originally written by Robert Corbett and released in 1989. Due to its liberal license and because it was faster than the AT&T Yacc, it quickly became the most popular version of Yacc. It has the advantages of being written in ANSI C89 and being public domain software.
| Original author(s) | Robert Corbett |
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| Developer(s) | Thomas Dickey |
| Initial release | September 2, 1989 |
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| Repository | |
| Written in | ANSI C89 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Parser generator |
| License | public domain |
| Website | invisible-island |
It contains features not available in Yacc, such as reentrancy, which is implemented in a way that is broadly compatible with GNU Bison.
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