Re: what is flex ?
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Will Lowe wrote:
> > What is flex ?
> Flex is the gnu clone of "lex", one of the original unix lexical analysis
> tools.
> A decent book on compiler construction could probably explain
> it better. "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" by Aho,
> Sethi, and Ullman (1984, Addison-Wesley, also called "The Dragon Book"
> because it's got a picture of a dragon on the front) is probably the
> standard compilers text.
Actually, I found that the book _Lex and Yacc_ published by O'Reilly &
Associates is quite readable (I read the whole thing in two days) and is a
good introduction to things both lexish and yaccish (including bison.)
--
Jonathan Guthrie (jguthrie@brokersys.com)
Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/
12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA
Reply to: