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It doesn't mention lex or yacc at all. I think those are noteworthy. I think it's interesting that lex was written by Eric Schmidt.
by master_latch 12y ago
It doesn't mention lex or yacc at all. I think those are noteworthy. I think it's interesting that lex was written by Eric Schmidt.
- chubot 12y agoHe mentioned Bell Labs converting their C compiler to LALR, which I assume means yacc, since it was also invented at Bell Labs. Lex is credited to Mike Lesk and Eric Schmidt.
- AceJohnny2 12y ago> Lex is credited to Mike Lesk and Eric Schmidt. Surely another Eric Schmidt than Google's? Nope, tha same [1]. Huh. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt