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diff --git a/usr.bin/yacc/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS b/usr.bin/yacc/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b66bb25 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/yacc/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + Berkeley Yacc owes much to the unflagging efforts of Keith Bostic. +His badgering kept me working on it long after I was ready to quit. + + Berkeley Yacc is based on the excellent algorithm for computing LALR(1) +lookaheads developed by Tom Pennello and Frank DeRemer. The algorithm is +described in their almost impenetrable article in TOPLAS 4,4. + + Finally, much of the credit for the latest version must go to those +who pointed out deficiencies of my earlier releases. Among the most +prolific contributors were + + Benson I. Margulies + Dave Gentzel + Antoine Verheijen + Peter S. Housel + Dale Smith + Ozan Yigit + John Campbell + Bill Sommerfeld + Paul Hilfinger + Gary Bridgewater + Dave Bakken + Dan Lanciani + Richard Sargent + Parag Patel |
