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Comment by auggierose

1 day ago

How is ABNF itself specified? Yes, via natural language. And the Go language spec is written in natural language, too, you can check for yourself: https://go.dev/ref/spec

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kiitos  1 day ago

ABNF itself is specified with a well-defined grammar and syntax...

  • auggierose  1 day ago

    Yes, but the spec is still done in natural language: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5234

    Just like any other RFC.

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