Re: Naming a software looper

[Jeff Larson <Jeffrey.Larson@Sun.COM>]

Dan Ash wrote:
> I kinda liked 'D'Loop' or 'D-Loop', with the idea of repeating it one or 
> more times.  What would the BNF notation look like?
> 
> *(Anyone)?

Original BNF does not have a meta-symbol for repetition, though
a commonly used extension is to use braces for "zero or more".

    program := {statement}

Other languages like regexp, use * for "zero or more" and + for "one or 
more".

Jeff