{"id":762,"date":"2009-12-15T02:26:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T10:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/?p=762"},"modified":"2009-12-15T02:32:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T10:32:46","slug":"panini-backus-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Panini-Backus Form?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How about some trivia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So you know BNF (Backus-Naur Form or originally Backus Normal Form) and EBNF (Extended Backus-Naur Form). But did you know Panini&#8217;s grammar? It defined Sanskrit <!-- BODY { FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma; FONT-SIZE:10pt } -->using a variety of formal techniques including recursion, transformations, and metarules. That was around 500 B.C.!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinityfoundation.com\/mandala\/t_es\/t_es_rao-t_syntax.htm\">See this link.<\/a> And <a href=\"http:\/\/evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com\/panini.htm\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-762\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-762\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-762\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-762\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\" ><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/boost-spirit.com\/home\/2009\/12\/15\/panini-backus-form\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How about some trivia&#8230; So you know BNF (Backus-Naur Form or originally Backus Normal Form) and EBNF (Extended Backus-Naur Form). But did you know Panini&#8217;s grammar? It defined Sanskrit using a variety of formal techniques including recursion, transformations, and metarules. That was around 500 B.C.! See this link. 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