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From: johnl@ima.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Lex and Yacc - Availability?
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Date: Mon, 17-Aug-87 13:25:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 17 13:25:56 1987
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Reply-To: harvard!seismo!elsie!ncifcrf!randy (The Computer Grue)
Organization: NCI Supercomputer Center
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Keywords: lex speed
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Summary: Tuned, *fast* lex . . .


    At the Winter 1987 Usenix Van Jacobson of LBL labs presented a
paper describing a much improved version of Lex.  He got the main
processing down to a single table lookup in memory!  (The rumor was
that it was just marginally slower than 'cat').  I don't know what the
current status of the project is; I would very much like either a copy
of his paper or the program itself.  Anyone know more than I?

  Randy Smith    @	NCI Supercomputer Facility
  c/o PRI, Inc.		
  PO Box B, Bldng. 430  Phone: (301) 698-5660                  
  Frederick, MD 21701  	Uucp: ...!uunet!mimsy!elsie!ncifcrf!randy
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