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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Lex or Flex?
To: fd11@dial.pipex.com (Narinder Singh)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:43:40 -0700 (MST)
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> Does FreeBSD provide Lex or Flex?

It provides the GNU toolset, which includes Flex.

It calls it "lex".

I'm not sure whether this automatically implies "-l", the Lex "maximum
compatability" flag... I think it does.

The man page is under "lex", but says "flex".


					Terry Lambert
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