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From: mike@arizona.edu (Mike Coffin)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Lex surrogates
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Date: 9 Feb 89 16:36:28 GMT
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> Vern is much too modest.  Flex is FAST.

I agree.  Not only are the scanners fast, but it generates them
very quickly --- much faster than LEX.  FLEX is well worth getting.
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Mike Coffin				mike@arizona.edu
Univ. of Ariz. Dept. of Comp. Sci.	{allegra,cmcl2}!arizona!mike
Tucson, AZ  85721			(602)621-2858
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