> On Jun 1, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Nikodem Kropielnicki <256...@student.pwr.edu.pl> > wrote: > > Hello, > I'm looking for the information why "Bison GNU" is called Bison ?
It is a play on words. The original version from AT&T Unix is known as “yacc”, a yak is a large hairy animal not entirely unlike a bison. When it was re-written in FOSS form, a new name was required, and thus “bison”.
