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==History== Attribute grammars were invented by [[Donald Knuth]] and [[Peter Wegner (computer scientist)|Peter Wegner]].<ref name="genesis">D. E. Knuth: [http://www.cs.miami.edu/home/odelia/teaching/csc419_spring17/syllabus/Knuth_AttributeHistory.pdf The genesis of attribute grammars]. ''Proceedings of the international conference on Attribute grammars and their applications'' (1990), LNCS, [https://doi.org/10.1007%2F3-540-53101-7 vol. 461], 1β12.</ref> While Donald Knuth is credited for the overall concept, Peter Wegner invented inherited attributes during a conversation with Knuth. Some embryonic ideas trace back<ref name="genesis"/> to the work of Edgar T. "Ned" Irons,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zzcad.com/ned.htm|title=Main}}</ref> the author of [[IMP (programming language)|IMP]].
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