Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator
Flex is a tool for generating programs that recognize lexical patterns in text. There are many applications for Flex, including writing compilers in conjunction with GNU Bison. Flex is a free implementation of the well known Lex program. It features a Lex compatibility mode, and also provides several new features such as exclusive start conditions.
| Tags | Software Development |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Revised GPL BSD Original |
Recent releases
- 29 Jan 2010 21:48
Release Notes: Just a bugfix and security release.
- 22 Feb 2006 22:03
Release Notes: Numerous bug and security fixes were done. A number of new translations from the translation project are included as well.
- 03 Apr 2003 16:16
Release Notes: The --enable-maintainer-mode configure switch was removed. yylineno is per-buffer in reentrant scanners. A new %top directive was added. m4 is used to generate scanners. Automatic stack management has been added for input buffers. yy namespace cleanups were made, along with other bugfixes and portability fixes.
- 17 Mar 2001 04:42
No changes have been submitted for this release.
Recent comments
If the library is GPL why then include the BSD license tag? Does that means that you can choose what license to use?
wlestes
30 Oct 2000 17:39
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