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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc/plan9
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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 04:57:30 +0200
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> > I suppose, but who uses lex with C anymore?
>
> Well, probably no one.

i think it was an interesting idea, but didn't really give you anything
much over coding it my hand.  yacc gave you a lot, but the error
recovery was awful.

however, given that rc's grammar was implemented in yacc it
described the 'language'.  iirc many 'normal' bourne shell
constructions worked, but nobody knew why, and then there
was the shell-gol.