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From: maxsmith@athena.mit.edu (Samuel M Druker)
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Subject: Re: zortech problem with lex
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Date: 26 Feb 90 23:53:00 GMT
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Lex generated scanners are slower than hand crafted ones.  Doubly so for
yacc and its output and yacc it self can't produce a C++ parser, something
to do with the language not conforming to LALR(1) and all that.

If you've only got a specialized compiler market, especially a cutthroat one
like the DOS world, lex and yacc aren't vital.

Samuel Druker