vern@lbl-csam.arpa (04/13/87)
I am looking for beta-testers for a public-domain replacement for
"lex". This tool, called "flex", is about 99% compatible with lex.
Its main advantages are that it runs much faster, generates smaller
tables and faster scanners, and has several useful extensions
(case-insensitive scanners, greater control over the degree of table
compression, and a mechanism for specifying multiple, independent
scanners).
I will be on vacation from late April until late May. I am hoping to
get the beta-test copies distributed before I leave but naturally will
be unable to provide assistance if problems are encountered until my
return.
If you are interested in being a beta-tester, send a signed letter
via U.S. mail stating:
1. the use(s) to which you will put flex, along with
the type of machine and operating system you'll
be running it under;
2. you understand that the beta-test software is not
to be redistributed (though you may freely distribute
code generated using the software);
3. you will provide feedback on difficulties bringing
up or using the software;
4. you understand that the software is offered as-is
(from a liability view-point);
Send via network mail an address which I can use to mail the
code (~150Kbytes) to you.
Vern Paxson vern@lbl-csam.arpa
Real Time Systems, Bldg. 46A ucbvax!lbl-csam.arpa!vern
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (415) 486-6411
1 Cyclotron Rd.
Berkeley, CA 94720