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From: rhl@grendel.Princeton.EDU (Robert Lupton (the Good))
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Subject: Re: docs for lex/yacc
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Date: 28 Mar 91 15:47:06 GMT
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Well, I haven't read that particular O'Reilly book, but I have been 
pretty unimpressed by some of the others. The lint and make books didn't
tell me anything that I didn't know (but then I have been using Unix
lo these 10 years), didn't answer standard problems (`What do I do about
unportable pointers with malloc()?'), and didn't discuss things like,
"How do I deal with libraries PORTABLY accross all sorts of makes?".

So I am not surprised that the Yacc&lex book isn't much good, but I
am surprised that it's _that_ bad. 

Oh yes, the X books betray an author who doesn't know much about C%,
and they are somewhat buggy.

				Robert
				
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% While I am complaining, at least they know more C than the Authors of