Re: Looking for a Lex/Yacc free ebook

"toby" <toby@telegraphics.com.au>
14 Apr 2006 12:46:15 -0400

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From: "toby" <toby@telegraphics.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Apr 2006 12:46:15 -0400
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Keywords: lex, yacc, books, comment
Posted-Date: 14 Apr 2006 12:46:15 EDT

Baron Samedi wrote:
> I bought the O'Reilly book a few years ago. Now I am working overseas
> for a while & don't want to buy it again.
>
> Any good free ebooks on Lex/Yacc or FLex/Bison ?

'info flex', 'info bison' work for me. Other formats available via
http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/manual/ ,
http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/

>
> (and - without starting a religious war - which of those pairs is
> recommended?)

flex/bison are the more modern (supersets of the traditional tools) and
likely better supported.
[Agree about flex, but Berkeley Yacc hasn't changed in at least a decade.
It doesn't need support. -John]

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