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diff --git a/usr.bin/yacc/yacc.1 b/usr.bin/yacc/yacc.1 index cc35d0c19f7..c5fb36ddfc2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/yacc/yacc.1 +++ b/usr.bin/yacc/yacc.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: yacc.1,v 1.28 2014/01/28 15:43:42 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: yacc.1,v 1.29 2014/02/14 17:22:18 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)yacc.1 5.7 (Berkeley) 7/30/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 28 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 14 2014 $ .Dt YACC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -204,16 +204,28 @@ The flags .Op Fl or are extensions to that specification. .Sh HISTORY -Yacc was originally developed at AT&T by Stephen C. Johnson. +.Nm +was originally developed at AT&T by +.An Stephen C. Johnson . .Pp -Berkeley Yacc was originally developed using PCC on a VAX with the -intent of being as compatible as possible with AT&T Yacc. +Berkeley +.Nm +was originally developed using PCC on a VAX with the +intent of being as compatible as possible with +.At +.Nm . Much is owed to the unflagging efforts of Keith Bostic. -His badgering kept me working on Yacc long after I was ready to -quit. +His badgering kept me working on +.Nm +long after I was ready to quit. .Pp -Berkeley Yacc is based on the excellent algorithm for computing -LALR(1) lookaheads developed by Tom Pennello and Frank DeRemer. +Berkeley +.Nm +is based on the excellent algorithm for computing +LALR(1) lookaheads developed by +.An Tom Pennello +and +.An Frank DeRemer . The algorithm is described in their almost impenetrable article in TOPLAS (see above). .Pp |