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This text shows programmers how to use two UNIX utilities, Lex and Yacc, in program development. The second edition contains revised tutorial sections for novice users and reference sections for advanced users. The new edition has an expanded index, and now covers Bison and Flex.

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lex and yacc by John R Levine

This book shows programmers how to use two UNIX utilities, lex and yacc, in program development. lex and yacc are tools that help programmers build compilers and interpreters, but they also have a wider range of applications. The second edition contains completely revised tutorial sections for novice users and reference sections for advanced users. This edition is twice the size of the first and has an expanded index. The following material has been added: Each utility is explained in a chapter that covers basic usage and simple, stand-alone applications How to implement a full SQL grammar, with full sample code Major MS-DOS and UNIX versions of lex and yacc are explored in depth, including AT&T lex and yacc, Berkeley yacc, Berkeley/GNU Flex, GNU Bison, MKS lex and yacc, and Abraxas PCYACC
John R. Levine writes, lectures, and consults on UNIX and compiler topics. He moderates the online comp.compilers discussion group at Usenet. He worked on UNIX versions Lotus 1-2-3 and the Norton Utilities and was one of the architects of AIX for the IBM RT PC. He received a Ph.D in computer science from Yale in 1984. Tony Mason is currently a member of the AFS development team at Transarc Corporation, a small start-up company specializing in distributed systems software. Previously, he worked with the Distributed Systems Group at Stanford University in the area of distributed operating systems and data communications. He received a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1987. Doug Brown is a consultant/contractor in Beaverton, Oregon. He has been developing software for circuit simulation, synthesis, and testing since 1977. Doug coauthored C++: The Core Language, another O'Reilly & Associates book. He received an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976.
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ISBN 13 9781565920002
ISBN 10 1565920007
Title lex and yacc
Author John R Levine
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher O'Reilly Media
Year published 1992-11-10
Number of pages 388
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