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   ACCENT 0.8

      A Compiler Compiler for the Entire Class of Context-Free Languages


   WELCOME

      to Accent, a compiler compiler that can be used
      without any knowledge of parser implementation. 

      Accent supports all context-free grammars without any restrictions.
      Just specify the natural grammar of your language
      and ignore LL and LR limitations. 

      From your grammar Accent creates a program that reads a text
      written in your language and discovers its structure.
      The program then processses this structure and executes
      semantic actions that you attached to your grammar. 

   LICENSE

      Copyright (C) 1999  Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeer

      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
      (at your option) any later version.

      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
      GNU General Public License for more details.

      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
      Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

      See the file COPYING.

   DOCUMENTATION

      The directory
	 doc
      contains the documentation in HTML format.
      Point your browser at
	 doc/index.html

   INSTALLATION

      Go to directory
	 accent
      and type
	 build
      This creates the Accent compiler compiler.
      Then go to directory
	 art
      and type
	 build
      This creates the Accent Runtime.
      See also the file
	 doc/installation.html

   USAGE

      Go to directory
	 run
      and type
	 build
      This cretates a simple language processor
      as a first example.
      See the file
	 doc/usage.html
      for a discussion.

   SUPPORT

      Please send questions and bug reports to
      Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeer
      German National Research Center for Information Technology
      [e-mail]

   WEB

      accent.compilertools.net