[TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[Arnold Robbins]

Hi.

Can anyone point me to source for Unix lex that can be compiled and
works on Linux?  I've tried in the past to make V7 lex work and failed.

Thanks,

Arnold

Re: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[ron]

Does it have to be UNIX lex or will the GNU Flex work for you (that's what
most of the LINUX stuff uses)?


-----Original Message-----
From: TUHS <tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org> On Behalf Of Arnold Robbins
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 3:07 PM
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

Hi.

Can anyone point me to source for Unix lex that can be compiled and works on
Linux?  I've tried in the past to make V7 lex work and failed.

Thanks,

Arnold

Re: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[Scot Jenkins]

Arnold Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:

> Can anyone point me to source for Unix lex that can be compiled and
> works on Linux?  I've tried in the past to make V7 lex work and failed.

Heirloom development tools includes lex:
http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/devtools.html

I had it working on an older version of Slackware (12.x?) years ago.
It should still build on current Linux systems.

You need to build/install heirloom-sh first, then use it when
building heirloom-devtools.

scot

Re: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[arnold]

I am looking specifically for Unix lex; I have some old code that
assumes some knowlede of lex internals.

I will try the Heirloom Toolchest version that was mentioned
in another message.

Thanks to you and everyone who replied,

Arnold

<ron@ronnatalie.com> wrote:

> Does it have to be UNIX lex or will the GNU Flex work for you (that's what
> most of the LINUX stuff uses)?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TUHS <tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org> On Behalf Of Arnold Robbins
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 3:07 PM
> To: tuhs@tuhs.org
> Subject: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?
>
> Hi.
>
> Can anyone point me to source for Unix lex that can be compiled and works on
> Linux?  I've tried in the past to make V7 lex work and failed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arnold

Re: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[Cág]

Ron wrote:

> Does it have to be UNIX lex or will the GNU Flex work for you (that's
> what most of the LINUX stuff uses)?

Actually flex is not a GNU project, and is in fact based on the old
Berkeley implementation, so it's kinda Unix-y.

--
caóc

Re: [TUHS] Can anyone point me to source for a lex that works on Linux?

[Dave Horsfall]

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On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, Cág wrote:

> Actually flex is not a GNU project, and is in fact based on the old 
> Berkeley implementation, so it's kinda Unix-y.

And if Flex was indeed a Gnu project, then surely it would've been called 
Glex?  :-)

-- Dave