# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| bison: bison (parser generator similar to yacc) bison: bison: GNU "Bison" is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a bison: grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C bison: program to parse that grammar. bison: bison: Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc bison: grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar bison: with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little trouble. bison: bison: