Re: Why it's called Bison?
Maury Markowitz <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:04:28 -0400
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> On Jun 1, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Nikodem Kropielnicki <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > I'm looking for the information why "Bison GNU" is called Bison ? It is a play on words. The original version from AT&T Unix is known as “yacc”, a yak is a large hairy animal not entirely unlike a bison. When it was re-written in FOSS form, a new name was required, and thus “bison”.