TLA+ and pluscal BNF grammars

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Nasser Ali

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Oct 17, 2016, 4:18:23 AM10/17/16

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Hi,
Can anyone kindly help me to find TLA+ and PlusCal BNF grammars? I need it in my research.

thanks in advance

Leslie Lamport

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Oct 17, 2016, 4:34:06 AM10/17/16

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The grammar of TLA+ is too complex to be described in BNF. There is a link to a TLA+ specification of the TLA+ grammar on

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/tla/tla2.html

A simplified version of an earlier specification of the original language appears in the book Specifying Systems. The BNF grammars of PlusCal, treating TLA+ expressions as atoms, are in the appendices of the PlusCal manuals, linked to on

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/tla/pluscal.html

Leslie

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