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From: doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug "It's A Feature" Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FLEX/LEX and YACC/BISON
Message-ID: <346@xdos.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 89 22:30:07 GMT
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Reply-To: doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug "It's A Feature" Merritt)
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In article <89144.101348UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
>I *believe* that the compiler book by Aho and Ullman uses lex and yacc
>for its examples, but that is from far distant memory.

Yes, the "Dragon Book" does discuss lex and yacc (its formal name
is "Compilers -- Principles, Techniques, and Tools", currently in
its second edition). Also see "Compiler Construction Under Unix" for
an in-depth discussion of using Yacc. Alan Hollub was going to be
coming out with an excellent compiler construction book (I saw the
material), but I don't know if it's hit the streets yet.

>Your last bet might be to find one of the bookstores that specializes
>in Unix books, and call them for a lex/yacc book.

One such with an excellent inventory is "Jim Joyce's Unix Bookstore",
which does a mail order business out of San Francisco. Call
(415) 626-7581 (from memory but 99% likely to be correct). Jim is a
friend of mine, I vouch for this as a reliable business. He also gives
great recommendations, and is very knowledgeable, far more so than any
other bookstore owner (he used to be a CS professor at Berkeley).

I used to give commercial courses in these subjects, but I'm not currently
planning any.
	Doug
P.S. Mention my name, I'm sure he'd be pleased to hear I'm putting in
a good word for him! :-)
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