Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: gah4 Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Looking for Unix lex for modern systems Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:39:57 -0800 (PST) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 14 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-01-025@comp.compilers> References: <22-01-023@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="30154"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: lex, history Posted-Date: 07 Jan 2022 20:22:53 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com In-Reply-To: <22-01-023@comp.compilers> Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2801 On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 4:09:53 PM UTC-8, Aharon Robbins wrote: > Can anyone point me at a version of Unix lex that will run on Linux? A web search for lex source found this: http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/devtools.html which sounds like exactly what you want. It is supposed to compile on Linux, and seems to be derived from Solaris source, and has the CDDL license: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing Otherwise, as noted previously, Solaris-x86 should run on easily found x86 systems. (Or in a virtual machine on such systems, if you don't have one available.)