<TITLE>Package: lang/prolog/code/syntax/asn/</TITLE> <hr> <b>CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository</b><br> <tt><A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/air.html"><IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/gif/home.gif" ALT="Home"></A> <A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/rep_info.html"><IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/gif/info.gif" ALT="INFO"></A> <A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/keys/keysform.html"><IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/gif/search.gif" ALT="Search"></A> <A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/faqs/top.html"><IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/gif/faqs.gif" ALT="FAQs"></A> <A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/0.html"><IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/gif/top.gif" ALT="Repository Root"></A> </tt> <hr> <H2>ASN: Prolog abstract syntax notation translator.</H2> <pre> <A HREF="./">lang/prolog/code/syntax/asn/</A> </pre> <listing> ASN (Abstract Syntax Notation) is a formalism for describing language syntax. Grammars are written as Prolog terms, and compiled into an optimized Definite Clause Grammar. </listing> <pre> Origin: <A HREF="ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/prolog-pd-software/">src.doc.ic.ac.uk:packages/prolog-pd-software/ (146.169.2.1)</A> as asn.tar.Z </pre> <hr> <listing> Version: 14-NOV-89 (17-JUL-89) Ports: Runs in Edinburgh-compatible Prologs. (The original version used some Quintus-specific predicates, mainly for I/O. These have been replaced.) CD-ROM: Prime Time Freeware for AI, Issue 1-1 Author(s): C.D. Farris and P. Singleton, University of Keele. Keywords: ASN, Authors!Farris, Authors!Singleton, Prolog!Code, Prolog!Syntax, Syntax, Univ. of Keele References: C.D. Farris and P. Singleton, "The compilation of metalanguages into Prolog", University Computing 11(2):62-75. [This article includes a listing of the code, which is what makes up this entry.] </listing><hr> <address>Last Web update on Mon Feb 13 10:33:59 1995 <br> <A HREF="/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/air.html">AI.Repository@cs.cmu.edu</A></address>