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- 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
- Article-I.D.: comp.92-11-070
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- Reply-To: John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
- Organization: Compilers Central
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- I'm pleased to report that the new version of the O'Reilly ``lex & yacc''
- is now available:
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- 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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