an class="special">*</span> <span class="comment">//... in EBNF syntax,</span>
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      we write:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="comment">//... in Spirit.</span>
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      since there are no postfix stars, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>,
      in C/C++. Finally, we terminate each rule with the ubiquitous semi-colon,
      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">;</