Lex and Yacc [parsers, UNIX

Doug Brown, John Levine, Tony Mason9781565920002, 1565920007

This book shows you how to use two Unix utilities, lex andyacc, in program development. These tools help programmers build compilers and interpreters, but they also have a wider range of applications. You’ll find tutorial sections for novice users, reference sections for advanced users, and a detailed index. Each utility is explained in a chapter that covers basic usage and simple, stand-alone applications. You’ll learn how to implement a full SQL grammar, with full sample code. Major MS-DOS and Unix versions of lex and yacc are explored in depth. Also covers Bison and Flex.