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Backus-Naur Form (BNF) is unambiguous and also it is precise. It is a formal and mathematical way of representation for specifying the context-free grammars. BNF is used to describe the syntax of the Algol 60
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Extended Backus- Naur Form (EBNF) is extended version of BNF. It increases the readability and writability of BNF...
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