Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:56:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: jddst19+@pitt.edu (John Duncan) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: flex vs. lex Message-ID: <199704220956.LAA11320@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970422012343.007a5100@pop.pitt.edu> from John Duncan at "Apr 22, 97 01:23:43 am"
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> At 09:51 PM 4/21/97 -0400, you wrote: > >Does anyone know how to take an old program that depends on lex quirkiness > >(such as rewriting input() ) and make it work with flex? Any pointers? I've > >been searching for an hour now and havent found a thing :( > > > >-Crh > > > > Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu > > > > http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich > > > > Get a copy of lex from gatekeeper? That'd be my idea because it won't put > GNU copylefts on all your stuff. Sometimes it's not worth upgrading a file > incrementally. I know of no lex2flex reengineering tools. I'd also be interested have an at&t close lex in my toolbox so I tried: ftp gatekeeper.dec.com quote site index lex just gives me FreeBSD citations :-) > > -John > > If you ever see an ambulance with sirens blaring and > twin 50mm cannons on top, do not interpret this as a > Good Sign. Be very, very frightened, in fact. > -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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