Re: lex and yacc reference books

In article <9010030525.AA07946@iris.ucdavis.edu> worstell@iris.ucdavis.edu (Glen Worstell) writes:
>In a recent news item someone suggested a book by O'Reilly for
>information about lex and yacc. I'd suggest that that particular
>text is quite poor - for example there is almost no mention of
>precedence. Also, some of the examples don't even work.
>
>I found the (free) documentation for flex and bison to be much better.


The book is "lex & yacc", by Mason & Brown, published by O'Reilly &
  Associates. I'm reviewing it for an upcoming edition of ";login:".


I have to agree with Glen - the book, unfortunately, is very low caliber.
I'm finding it difficult to condense my criticisms of it into the requested
450 words. It's a pity, since I think there's a real niche for a good
yacc/lex book.


Vern


Vern Paxson vern@helios.ee.lbl.gov
Real Time Systems ucbvax!helios.ee.lbl.gov!vern
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (415) 486-7504
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