Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Roger L Costello Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: RE: Flex is the most powerful lexical analysis language in the world. True or False? Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 11:16:05 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 11 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-05-009@comp.compilers> References: <22-05-003@comp.compilers> <22-05-007@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="92320"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: lex, comment Posted-Date: 06 May 2022 12:13:15 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2994 Thank you Chris for that superb explanation! > Flex is fine, but it is certainly not a be-all-end-all > solution. It wouldn't even be the solution I would > reach for first. May I ask, what would be the solution that you would reach for first? /Roger [I'm not Chris but the answer is the one that does the job. You don't need a flame thrower if you only need to light the BBQ. -John]