Lex & Yacc

[kevinchkin]

Hi Guys,

I will have some compiler construction stuff on which I will have to work on in near future. I realize that we need to know Lex & Yacc for that. Do you guys have any recommendations in regards to book or some tutorial to get started?

Thanks a lot in advance

[S6k9GNh0]

http://dinosaur.compilertools.net/#books

I've never even heard of Lex and Yacc. Are there any features?

[kevinchkin]

Thanks for the reply computerquip. Basically, Lex & Yacc are tools that are used in compiler construction.

[S6k9GNh0]

Cool! No wonder I've never heard of them. :D

[jsmith]

I thought most people used flex and bison these days. I did find a .pdf of the bison manual online

www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/bison.pdf

Now that I've experimented with boost::spirit, I'd use that instead unless it was a very complex grammar.

[kevinchkin]

Thanks for the reply jsmith. Actually, as per our requirements I will have to use Lex & Yacc that's why no Flex.

Anyways, Thanks once again.