Meaning of LEX
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| Definition: | | 1. A lexical analyser generator for Unix and its input language. There is a GNU version called flex and a version written in, and outputting, SML/NJ called ML-lex. A version, by David Poole at Montana has been retargeted to Turbo Pascal, . ["Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator", M.E. Lesk, CS TR 39, Bell Labs, Oct 1975]. 2. The lexical specification language for COPS. ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS", J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp.122-159]. |
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| Related Terms: | | act, bill, bylaw, canon, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, enactment, form, formality, formula, formulary, institution, jus, law, legislation, measure, ordinance, ordonnance, prescript, prescription, regulation, rubric, rule, ruling, standing order, statute |
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