Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!killer!elg
From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Please remove PD-YACC sources from your machine IMMEDIATELY
Message-ID: <4723@killer.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jul 88 02:24:09 GMT
References: <3532@rpp386.UUCP> <880001@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
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In message <880001@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>, spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) says:
>Now, wait a second!!!   Don't be so quick to jump to ATT's call... I haven't 
>seen the posting (wish I had..) but just because something is called YACC 
>doesn't mean that its automatically owned by ATT.  

True. But AT&T insiders looked at the sources to the so-called "PD
Yacc" a few months ago, and said, "That's YACC. All they did was
change a few variable names and fix some bugs."

In other words, the so-called "PD" YACC WAS AT&T YACC, slightly
massaged to look a little different. At least, according to earlier
posters (I haven't looked at the sources, myself -- why bother, when
BISON is available from RMS and the FSF?).

>Don't be bullied by BS from people just 'cause they have large names behind 
>them....

And don't assume that it's BS just because it comes from a large company!

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