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trip report: Duff AWK (Miscellaneous)

posted by bencollver , 27.01.2026, 19:08

> Truly, the code needs a rewrite to depend only on
> POSIX
> lex features!

Thanks for the sympathy!

Just to be clear, the code generated from awklex.l is held in awklex.c. The file yylex.c is a completely different source: it does not refer to the POSIX default output lex.yy.c. Another detail is that Duff AWK pre-dates POSIX lex.

Complete thread:

• trip report: Duff AWK - bencollver, 27.01.2026, 03:04 (Miscellaneous)
  • trip report: Duff AWK - tkchia, 27.01.2026, 18:12
    • trip report: Duff AWK - bencollver, 27.01.2026, 19:08
  • trip report: Duff AWK - Rugxulo, 07.02.2026, 01:21
    • trip report: Duff AWK - roytam, 10.02.2026, 07:17
      • trip report: Duff AWK - bencollver, 11.02.2026, 00:32