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: Please provide a learning path for mastering lexical analysis languages Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 11:59:17 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 28 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-05-010@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="92650"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: lex, question Posted-Date: 06 May 2022 12:13:49 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:2995 Hi Folks, I want to master lexical analysis. In Chris Christopher's last post he said: > [Flex] is not even as powerful as some other lexical analysis languages > and even exploiting its power often requires things that cannot be > expressed in Flex alone nor can they be done in ways that are simple > and easy to reason about. I am currently in the process of mastering Flex. I feel that mastering Flex will give me a foundation for learning other more advanced lexical analysis languages. "This XYZ lexical analysis language does it this way, Flex does it this other way. Ah, yes, I can see how XYZ's way is simpler and more powerful." From Chris's post I see that there is much to learn beyond Flex. Thank you Chris. Can you provide a learning path, please? A learning path for mastering lexical analysis languages. After I master Flex, what lexical analysis language should I then master? And after mastering that, what is the next lexical analysis language that I should master? /Roger