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diff --git a/appendixa/bison-desc.xml b/appendixa/bison-desc.xml index 7e3fff7e9..b576186ed 100644 --- a/appendixa/bison-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/bison-desc.xml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Bison is a parser generator, a replacement for YACC. YACC stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler. What is Bison then? It is a program that generates a program that analyses the structure of a textfile. Instead of -writing the actual program you specify how things should be connected +writing the actual program a user specifies how things should be connected and with those rules a program is constructed that analyses the textfile. </para> @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ to the compiler: </literallayout></blockquote> <para> -You start at the bottom of a tree and you come across the numbers 2 and -3 which are joined by the multiplication symbol, so the computers +Starting at the bottom of a tree and coming across the numbers 2 and +3 which are joined by the multiplication symbol, the computer multiplies 2 and 3. The result of that multiplication is remembered and the next thing that the computer sees is the result of 2*3 and the number 1 which are joined by the add symbol. Adding 1 to the previous |