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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 01:23:43 -0400
From:      John Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: flex vs. lex
Message-ID:  <3.0.1.32.19970422012343.007a5100@pop.pitt.edu>

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At 09:51 PM 4/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone know how to take an old program that depends on lex quirkiness
>(such as rewriting input() ) and make it work with flex?  Any pointers?  I've
>been searching for an hour now and havent found a thing :(
>
>-Crh
>
>       Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu
>
>                         http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
>

Get a copy of lex from gatekeeper? That'd be my idea because it won't put
GNU copylefts on all your stuff. Sometimes it's not worth upgrading a file
incrementally. I know of no lex2flex reengineering tools.

-John

If you ever see an ambulance with sirens blaring and
twin 50mm cannons on top, do not interpret this as a
Good Sign. Be very, very frightened, in fact.



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