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by auggierose 372 days ago
How is ABNF itself specified? Yes, via natural language. And the Go language spec is written in natural language, too, you can check for yourself: https://go.dev/ref/spec
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kiitos 372 days ago
ABNF itself is specified with a well-defined grammar and syntax...
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auggierose 372 days ago
Yes, but the spec is still done in natural language: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5234

Just like any other RFC.

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