In another topic, it was mentioned that the manual suggested was in BNF, I did not know what that means, so looked , using the same key words as my topic title,. I found the results interesting, since I was not aware of the term, Backus-Naur Form (BNF)
http://matt.might.net/articles/grammars-bnf-ebnf/
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The language of languages
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Languages form the terrain of computing.
Programming languages, protocol specifications, query languages, file formats, pattern languages, memory layouts, formal languages, config files, mark-up languages, formatting languages and meta-languages shape the way we compute.
So, what shapes languages?
Grammars do.
Grammars are the language of languages.
Behind every language, there is a grammar that determines its structure.
This article explains grammars and common notations for grammars, such as Backus-Naur Form (BNF), Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF) and regular extensions to BNF.
After reading this article, you will be able to identify and interpret all commonly used notation for grammars.
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So any way, figured it would be better in offtopic, rather then de-railing the topic where I saw the term for my first time,..