Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!brl-adm!adm!dm@bfly-vax.bbn.COM From: dm@bfly-vax.bbn.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Yacc Documentation Message-ID: <4427@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Thu, 12-Feb-87 15:36:47 EST Article-I.D.: brl-adm.4427 Posted: Thu Feb 12 15:36:47 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Feb-87 20:49:53 EST Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 13 Good YACC documentation: Schreiner, A, & Friedman, HG, ``Introduction to compiler construction with UNIX'' (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985). ISBN 0-13-474396-2. This book takes you through constructing a compiler for a C subset, using LEX and YACC. Since you're at MIT, I've seen it at the Harvard Coop (for an outrageous $35.00). Has excellent error-recvery stuff, also tells you how to fix your YACC so it produces better error messages.