Re: recommendation for a WinNT/95 parser generator

Michael Tiomkin <mtiomkin@iil.intel.com>
24 Aug 1997 14:54:50 -0400

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From: Michael Tiomkin <mtiomkin@iil.intel.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Aug 1997 14:54:50 -0400
Organization: Intel Israel
References: 97-08-061
Keywords: Windows, parse

edjaggard@usa.net wrote:
>
> I just purchased MKS Lex and Yacc for $264 from Provantage which I
> think will fit the requirements that you are looking for. I had been trying
> for a month to port Bison 1.25 from UNIX to a DOS environment and was
> getting thoroughly frustrated when someone suggested MKS Lex and Yacc.
> There are several on-line vendors offering it, Mortice Kern (themselves)
> wants $399, softel was 303.95 and provantage was 264 and maybe someone
> out these has it a little cheaper.


    I had very bad experience with MKS's lex (1996, NT 3.51). The most
simple solution was to use flex on Unix, and the native compiler on NT
(MS C). Their other tools (make NT look almost like Unix!-) are much
better.


    Michael




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