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From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: yacc & lex intro books?
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Date: 18 Apr 88 20:18:20 GMT
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   From: "Michael J. Farren" <farren@gethen.uucp>

   davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
   >_Introduction to Compiler Construction with UNIX_
   >
   >ISBN 0-13-474396-2

   I found this book to be fairly uninstructive and impenetrable, with
   examples that were less clear than the text it was supposed to 
   illuminate (and that text was pretty muddy to start with).  I learned
   one hell of a lot more about lex and yacc from playing around with
   'em, plus liberal reference to the Dragon book, than I did from this
   one.  NOT recommended.

I'm afraid I must agree. This book really jumps into the meat of things
rapidly. While I generally appreciate this technique, I feel it a bit
exaggerated here. Perhaps this book should be twice as thick.

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