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Re: Why it's called Bison?
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Maury Markowitz |
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Re: Why it's called Bison? |
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Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:04:28 -0400 |
> On Jun 1, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Nikodem Kropielnicki <256797@student.pwr.edu.pl>
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> Hello,
> I'm looking for the information why "Bison GNU" is called Bison ?
It is a play on words. The original version from AT&T Unix is known as “yacc”,
a yak is a large hairy animal not entirely unlike a bison. When it was
re-written in FOSS form, a new name was required, and thus “bison”.