On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:12:08 -0400, Chris F Clark   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >I would also read a BASIC grammar, the original language, the ANSI   
   >standard, and for Microsoft's latest flavor if I could get them.   
      
   The ANSI standard is almost painful to read, and I have never seen a   
   published grammer for any of the MS basics.   
      
      
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   BCET Basic Compiler Page: http://www.arargh.com/basic/index.html   
   [The original Dartmouth Basic was designed to be trivially parsable with   
   simple techniques, e.g., each statement type started with a different   
   letter.  I doubt there's a grammar for MS Basic, which looks like the   
   result of way too much adhoc code in the parser. -John]   
      
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