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Subject: Re: Applications using Lex/Flex & Yacc/Bison
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>>     I am trying to figure out hardware or software applications other then
>>     compiler-related  that utilize yacc/bison and lex/flex respectively.

One recent example that comes to mind is "undns", which uses tables to map
internet router DNS names to geographic locations. The tables  are parsed
with lex/yacc.