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- From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: Re: GOOD OL' YACC
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.205706.21408@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:57:06 GMT
- References: <1688.1931.uupcb@factory.com>
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- Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Organization: University of Arizona
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- In-Reply-To: robert.pinchbeck@factory.com (Robert Pinchbeck)
-
- In article <1688.1931.uupcb@factory.com>, robert.pinchbeck@factory (Robert Pinchbeck) writes:
- >I am currently trying to locate documentation for YACC. I was able to
- >find and download LEX documentation but YACC has eluded me so far.
- >
- >If anyone knows where to get a full breakdown of the YACC grammar
- >syntax in text form, I would appreciate your posting it here.
-
- A recent article in comp.compilers indicated there's a new "O'Reilly" book
- available on lex and yacc. It's not PD, and it's not machine readable, but
- perhaps it's good enough anyway...
-
- (included article follows)
-
- From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
- Newsgroups: comp.compilers
- Subject: New lex & yacc book from O'Reilly
- Keywords: lex, yacc, books, tools
- Message-ID: <92-11-070@comp.compilers>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 06:11:34 GMT
- Reply-To: John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
- Organization: Compilers Central
- Lines: 26
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- I'm pleased to report that the new version of the O'Reilly ``lex & yacc''
- is now available:
-
- Levine, Mason, and Brown, ``lex & yacc,'' 2nd edition, O'Reilly &
- Associates, 1992, 366 pp., ISBN 1-56592-000-7, $29.95.
-
- I think it's a big improvement, but since I wrote a lot of it, my opinion
- is hardly unbiased. Changes include:
-
- -- Rewritten introductory chapters, with more detailed examples
- -- New example chapter with a SQL parser
- -- Greatly expanded reference sections, with details on grotty things like
- how to munge symbols in generated lexers with sed so you can include
- several of them in the same program.
- -- Expanded section on ambigity, conflicts, and error handling
- -- Exercises at the ends of the chapters for self-study and textbook use
- -- All the examples actually work
-
- It should be available at technical bookstores. Outside North America,
- Addison-Wesley distributes it.
-
- Regards,
- John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
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- Hey, everybody -- somebody said `mattress' to Mr. Lambert! *TWICE*!
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