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A [[Lex]] compatible scanner generator, has a few features over and above Lex itself which makes it the preferred tool in many modern projects from the [[Linux]]/[[FreeBSD]] world. | |||
Development of Flex has been sporadic through the years so differences between the last OS/2 binary and the current version are not as big as they might seem at first sight and the current binary suffices for most [[UNIX]] ports that require it. Having said that porting the modern Flex version should not be an insurmountable task, but at the same time the maintainers removed all support for non-UNIX like targets a while back, so it would be best to compile it as a [[GCC]] project rather than do a native port. | |||
==Version== | |||
* Last known version: flex 2.6.0 (2015-11-17) | |||
* Last known OS/2 binary: [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/dev/misc/flex254-2.zip flex 2.5.4] (1998-02-15) | |||
==Links== | |||
* [http://flex.sourceforge.net Flex homepage] | |||
[[Category:MS Windows Tools]] | |||
[[Category:Generic Unix Tools]] | |||
[[Category:Parsing Tools]] | |||
[[Category:Compiler construction]] | |||
Revision as of 19:49, 28 June 2016
A Lex compatible scanner generator, has a few features over and above Lex itself which makes it the preferred tool in many modern projects from the Linux/FreeBSD world.
Development of Flex has been sporadic through the years so differences between the last OS/2 binary and the current version are not as big as they might seem at first sight and the current binary suffices for most UNIX ports that require it. Having said that porting the modern Flex version should not be an insurmountable task, but at the same time the maintainers removed all support for non-UNIX like targets a while back, so it would be best to compile it as a GCC project rather than do a native port.
Version
- Last known version: flex 2.6.0 (2015-11-17)
- Last known OS/2 binary: flex 2.5.4 (1998-02-15)