Get to know Yacc better with 7 real example sentences.
Using Yacc
- In the example corpus, yacc often appears in combinations such as: yacc is.
Context around Yacc
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yacc
- In this selection, "yacc" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, description, original, lex, wouldn and lexer stand out and add context to how "yacc" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bison since yacc wouldn t and description yacc is an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yacc" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yacc
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Description YACC is an acronym for " Yet Another Compiler Compiler ". (10 words)
Yacc and similar programs (largely reimplementations) have been very popular. (10 words)
Yacc is a computer program for the Unix operating system. (10 words)
Perl has a Turing-complete grammar because parsing can be affected by run-time code executed during the compile phase. citation Therefore, Perl cannot be parsed by a straight Lex Yacc lexer parser combination. (34 words)
Bison does have features not found in Yacc, so some projects can be truly said to "use" Bison, since Yacc wouldn't suffice. (23 words)
Each offers slight improvements and additional features over the original Yacc, but the concept and syntax have remained the same. (20 words)
Example sentences (7)
Bison does have features not found in Yacc, so some projects can be truly said to "use" Bison, since Yacc wouldn't suffice.
An early version of yacc was produced with this PDP-11 configuration.
Description YACC is an acronym for " Yet Another Compiler Compiler ".
Each offers slight improvements and additional features over the original Yacc, but the concept and syntax have remained the same.
Perl has a Turing-complete grammar because parsing can be affected by run-time code executed during the compile phase. citation Therefore, Perl cannot be parsed by a straight Lex Yacc lexer parser combination.
Yacc and similar programs (largely reimplementations) have been very popular.
Yacc is a computer program for the Unix operating system.
Common combinations with yacc
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yacc is 2×