C is a portable systems programming language most often used…everywhere. It’s used nearly everywhere in underlying OS, embedded systems, fast libraries, utilities, and other programming languages.
Nearly everything is built with C if you dig through the layers of abstraction. If you want to keep following the turtles all the way down, you’ll have to learn C at some point.
%token int_const char_const float_const id string enumeration_const
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translation_unit : external_decl
| translation_unit external_decl
;
external_decl : function_definition
| decl
;
function_definition : decl_specs declarator decl_list compound_stat
| declarator decl_list compound_stat
| decl_specs declarator compound_stat
| declarator compound_stat
;
decl : decl_specs init_declarator_list ';'
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;
decl_list : decl
| decl_list decl
;
decl_specs : storage_class_spec decl_specs
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| type_spec
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| type_qualifier
;
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;
type_spec : 'void' | 'char' | 'short' | 'int' | 'long' | 'float'
| 'double' | 'signed' | 'unsigned'
| struct_or_union_spec
| enum_spec
| typedef_name
;
type_qualifier : 'const' | 'volatile'
;
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| struct_or_union id
;
struct_or_union : 'struct' | 'union'
;
struct_decl_list : struct_decl
| struct_decl_list struct_decl
;
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;
init_declarator : declarator
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;
struct_decl : spec_qualifier_list struct_declarator_list ';'
;
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| type_spec
| type_qualifier spec_qualifier_list
| type_qualifier
;
struct_declarator_list : struct_declarator
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;
struct_declarator : declarator
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| ':' const_exp
;
enum_spec : 'enum' id '{' enumerator_list '}'
| 'enum' '{' enumerator_list '}'
| 'enum' id
;
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;
enumerator : id
| id '=' const_exp
;
declarator : pointer direct_declarator
| direct_declarator
;
direct_declarator : id
| '(' declarator ')'
| direct_declarator '[' const_exp ']'
| direct_declarator '[' ']'
| direct_declarator '(' param_type_list ')'
| direct_declarator '(' id_list ')'
| direct_declarator '(' ')'
;
pointer : '*' type_qualifier_list
| '*'
| '*' type_qualifier_list pointer
| '*' pointer
;
type_qualifier_list : type_qualifier
| type_qualifier_list type_qualifier
;
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| param_list ',' '...'
;
param_list : param_decl
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;
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| decl_specs abstract_declarator
| decl_specs
;
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| id_list ',' id
;
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| '{' initializer_list '}'
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;
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;
type_name : spec_qualifier_list abstract_declarator
| spec_qualifier_list
;
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| pointer direct_abstract_declarator
| direct_abstract_declarator
;
direct_abstract_declarator: '(' abstract_declarator ')'
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| '[' const_exp ']'
| direct_abstract_declarator '[' ']'
| '[' ']'
| direct_abstract_declarator '(' param_type_list ')'
| '(' param_type_list ')'
| direct_abstract_declarator '(' ')'
| '(' ')'
;
typedef_name : id
;
stat : labeled_stat
| exp_stat
| compound_stat
| selection_stat
| iteration_stat
| jump_stat
;
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| 'default' ':' stat
;
exp_stat : exp ';'
| ';'
;
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| '{' decl_list '}'
| '{' '}'
;
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| stat_list stat
;
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| 'switch' '(' exp ')' stat
;
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| 'for' '(' exp ';' exp ';' exp ')' stat
| 'for' '(' exp ';' exp ';' ')' stat
| 'for' '(' exp ';' ';' exp ')' stat
| 'for' '(' exp ';' ';' ')' stat
| 'for' '(' ';' exp ';' exp ')' stat
| 'for' '(' ';' exp ';' ')' stat
| 'for' '(' ';' ';' exp ')' stat
| 'for' '(' ';' ';' ')' stat
;
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| 'continue' ';'
| 'break' ';'
| 'return' exp ';'
| 'return' ';'
;
exp : assignment_exp
| exp ',' assignment_exp
;
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| unary_exp assignment_operator assignment_exp
;
assignment_operator : '=' | '*=' | '/=' | '%=' | '+=' | '-=' | '<<='
| '>>=' | '&=' | '^=' | '|='
;
conditional_exp : logical_or_exp
| logical_or_exp '?' exp ':' conditional_exp
;
const_exp : conditional_exp
;
logical_or_exp : logical_and_exp
| logical_or_exp '||' logical_and_exp
;
logical_and_exp : inclusive_or_exp
| logical_and_exp '&&' inclusive_or_exp
;
inclusive_or_exp : exclusive_or_exp
| inclusive_or_exp '|' exclusive_or_exp
;
exclusive_or_exp : and_exp
| exclusive_or_exp '^' and_exp
;
and_exp : equality_exp
| and_exp '&' equality_exp
;
equality_exp : relational_exp
| equality_exp '==' relational_exp
| equality_exp '!=' relational_exp
;
relational_exp : shift_expression
| relational_exp '<' shift_expression
| relational_exp '>' shift_expression
| relational_exp '<=' shift_expression
| relational_exp '>=' shift_expression
;
shift_expression : additive_exp
| shift_expression '<<' additive_exp
| shift_expression '>>' additive_exp
;
additive_exp : mult_exp
| additive_exp '+' mult_exp
| additive_exp '-' mult_exp
;
mult_exp : cast_exp
| mult_exp '*' cast_exp
| mult_exp '/' cast_exp
| mult_exp '%' cast_exp
;
cast_exp : unary_exp
| '(' type_name ')' cast_exp
;
unary_exp : postfix_exp
| '++' unary_exp
| '--' unary_exp
| unary_operator cast_exp
| 'sizeof' unary_exp
| 'sizeof' '(' type_name ')'
;
unary_operator : '&' | '*' | '+' | '-' | '~' | '!'
;
postfix_exp : primary_exp
| postfix_exp '[' exp ']'
| postfix_exp '(' argument_exp_list ')'
| postfix_exp '(' ')'
| postfix_exp '.' id
| postfix_exp '->' id
| postfix_exp '++'
| postfix_exp '--'
;
primary_exp : id
| const
| string
| '(' exp ')'
;
argument_exp_list : assignment_exp
| argument_exp_list ',' assignment_exp
;
const : int_const
| char_const
| float_const
| enumeration_const
;