[GTALUG] Online Course for Lex/Yacc?

[Kevin Cozens]

On 2018-09-15 01:10 AM, William Park via talk wrote:
> Now, I want to take some course on Lex/Yacc, finally!
> What online course do you recommend?

I have used Lex/Yacc in the past to create a custom "language" for an 
program installation system. I just read up on the programs as there was no 
"online" available at the time. I like working with parsers. I just don't 
get to do it very often any more.

I see some people suggest avoiding Yacc/Lex if possible. I think they are 
useful tools. They may be particularly helpful to keep you agile while the 
"language" you need to parse is still in a state of flux. If you need a more 
compact (or faster?) parsing solution the Yacc/Lex method can guide the 
design of a custom parser written in your main programming language of choice.

A quick search turned up many tutorials that are available on YouTube. I 
also found a Yacc crash course (part of a Ruby Hacking Guide), and The LEX & 
YACC Page.

In case you were not aware there are two equivalent programs in the GNU 
suite of tools for Lex and Yacc. They are Flex and Bison, respectively. You 
can also look for information on those two programs.

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