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Resources on creating programming languages
A guide to create programming languages presenting an organized list of selected articles, books, tutorials, and tools on designing languages and compilers.
Federico Tomassetti
Articles and practical knowledge on legacy modernization, automation, software languages and the craft of building tools for complex work.
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Why not to use (f)lex, yacc or bison
flex and bison still work, but modern parser generators beat them on Unicode, grammar format, keeping code out of the grammar, and documentation. A point-by-point comparison.