Question

Yacc stands for
1. yet accept compiler constructs
2. yet accept compiler compiler
3. yet another compiler constructs
4. yet another compiler compiler

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : yet another compiler compiler

Yacc stands for yet another compiler-compiler

The correct answer is option 4

• Yacc is a computer program for the Unix operating system developed by Stephen C. Johnson.
• It is a Look Ahead Left-to-Right (LALR) parser generator, generating an LALR parser based on formal grammar, written in a notation similar to Backus–Naur Form (BNF).
• Yacc is supplied as a standard utility on BSD and AT&T Unix.