Re: New Book: Retargetable C Compiler... & question

Scott Nicol <scott@INFOADV.MN.ORG>
Sat, 29 Apr 1995 02:07:47 GMT

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From: Scott Nicol <scott@INFOADV.MN.ORG>
Keywords: lex, performance
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 95-04-170
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 02:07:47 GMT

>Is is true that LEX's analyzers are generally larger and slower than
>hand-made analyzers?


Yes, and usually by a very large margin. Flex can come close, though.


Generally it is not worthwhile to use Lex, because writing a hand-crafted
scanner is quite easy (no more than a day). As an added bonus, you don't
have to deal with Lex's silly little quirks.


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