worstell@iris.ucdavis.edu (Glen Worstell) (10/03/90)
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.
Thanks...
Glen Worstell
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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 -- Send compilers articles to compilers@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us {ima | spdcc | world}!esegue. Meta-mail to compilers-request@esegue.