news@udenva.cair.du.edu (netnews) (02/17/88)
This is a question that's been asked before no doubt, but I didn't get to see the answer(s). So: Where can I find a good discussion of yacc? I don't mean an exposition on the internals of yacc, but practical examples of how to use it. Further, are there any PD versions floating about - I need to port this to a PDP running RSX-11M (don't laugh, we have lex running so far). Thanks, Richard Neitzel Rockwell International Computer Aided Manufacturing and Control Box 464 M/S T881A Golden, CO 80402 303-966-7203
aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) (02/18/88)
Look for yacc documentation in /usr/doc on eos or possibly /nike/usr/doc.
I don't recall where it is in there (it's all moved) but it should be in
one of the directories under this directory. Look around, use "ls -R".
There is a PD version called "bison" from the people who made GNU emacs.
I have an older version on my PC, newer ones are available via anonymous
ftp from simtel20 and no doubt other sites as well.
--
Andrew Burt isis!aburt
Fight Denver's pollution: Don't Breathe and Drive.steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) (02/19/88)
In article <9806@udenva.cair.du.edu> news@udenva.cair.du.edu (netnews) writes: > Where can I find a good discussion of yacc? I don't mean an >exposition on the internals of yacc, but practical examples of how to >use it. Further, are there any PD versions floating about - I need to >port this to a PDP running RSX-11M (don't laugh, we have lex running so far). Try looking at Kernighan and Pike (The Unix Programming Environment). There is (I believe -- I don't have my copy handy, and it's been a while since I looked) a fairly longish tutorial on the uses of yacc. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!steve | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <std_disclaimer.h>
cwwj@ur-tut.UUCP (Clarence Wilkerson) (02/21/88)
The compiler book by Aho, etc has some YACC-LEX examples.
kent@tifsie.UUCP (Russell Kent) (02/24/88)
in article <9806@udenva.cair.du.edu>, news@udenva.cair.du.edu (netnews) says: > > Where can I find a good discussion of yacc? I don't mean an > exposition on the internals of yacc, but practical examples of how to > use it. Further, are there any PD versions floating about - I need to > port this to a PDP running RSX-11M (don't laugh, we have lex running so far). > > Thanks, > Richard Neitzel There exists a thorough discussion of YACC and LEX, as well as a useful example of how to use them in a _real_ sense (not one of those trivial examples we sometimes see) in a book recently published by Prentice-Hall. Unfortunately, I do not have it in front of me, so the title is from memory: "Introduction to Compiler Construction Tools for UNIX" It was stumbled upon at a B Dalton Bookstore down here. I recommend it. It even goes so far as to recommend changes to yacc.par. For those of you who have yacc's that generate output without using a yacc.par file (like Ultrix), I have a context diff which does the same things. -- Russell Kent Phone: +1 214 995 3501 Texas Instruments UUCP address: P.O. Box 655012 MS 3635 ...!convex!smu!tifsie!kent Dallas, TX 75265 ...!ut-sally!im4u!ti-csl!tifsie!kent
wcs@ho95e.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart) (02/25/88)
In article <296@tifsie.UUCP> kent@tifsie.UUCP (Russell Kent) writes:
:in article <9806@udenva.cair.du.edu>, news@udenva.cair.du.edu (netnews) says:
:> Where can I find a good discussion of yacc? I don't mean an
:> exposition on the internals of yacc, but practical examples of how to
:There exists a thorough discussion of YACC and LEX, as well as a useful
:example of how to use them in a _real_ sense (not one of those trivial
:examples we sometimes see) in a book recently published by Prentice-Hall.
Introduction to Compiler Construction with UNIX\(tm
Axel T. Schreiner, H. George Friedman, Jr.
Prentice-Hall 1985, ISBN 0-13-474396-2
:> use it. Further, are there any PD versions floating about - I need to
:> port this to a PDP running RSX-11M (don't laugh, we have lex running so far).
There are occasionally things that claim to be PD, but they aren't;
I think one was on an old DECUS tape, and has been stolen to a few
other places. There are similar tools that *are* PD, such as Bison
(part of the GNU project).
--
# Thanks;
# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G218, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs