Railroad track syntax diagrams

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Tue Aug 1 13:25:56 EDT 2006


Paul McGuire <ptmcg at austin.rr._bogus_.com> wrote:
> For those who are not familiar with railroad syntax diagrams, they
> show a grammar's syntax using arrows and blocks, instead of BNF

I've always liked railroad diagrams.  Oracle used to use them (maybe
they still do?) in their SQL reference manuals.  I find them much
easier to understand than BNF.



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