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- From: gregt+@CMU.EDU (Gregory Ross Thompson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: What is Bison?
- Message-ID: <AezM0e200YUoA4Wgcp@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 11:01:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.AezM0e200YUoA4Wgcp
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- Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- sander@carroll1.cc.edu (Scott Anderson) writes:
- > achauhan@warsaw.math.macalstr.edu (Amrit Chauhan) writes:
- >
- >
- > >What exactly is Bison?
- >
- > Well, it is a vi type editor that runs much slower than stevie under gno.
- > BTW this should be in csa2gno.
-
- No! Once and for all, bison is GNU's implementation of yacc (Yet
- Another Compiler Compiler). flex is GNU's lex (generates lexical
- analyzers). There is a GS version of bison. As far as I know, there
- isn't a GS version of flex yet.
-
- Well, I'm ordering OOTW on Monday, how 'bout you?
-
- -Greg
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