GNU Flex

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Linguistics
gptkbp:can_be_used_for data validation
syntax highlighting
code generation
file format conversion
tokenizing input
gptkbp:can_create Java code
C code
C++ code
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Apache_Software_Foundation
gptkbp:features fast scanning
flexible output
reentrant code generation
gptkbp:first_released gptkb:1990
gptkbp:has community support
error handling capabilities
performance optimizations
active development
flex scanner
input buffer management
output buffer management
gptkbp:has_documentation available online
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GNU Flex
gptkbp:input_output gptkb:original_programming
C code
gptkbp:integrates_with gptkb:Bison
gptkb:NIO
other parser generators
gptkbp:is gptkb:software
gptkb:open-source_software
widely used
part of GNU Project
gptkbp:is_compatible_with gptkb:ANSI_C
gptkb:POSIX_standards
gptkbp:latest_version 2.6.4
gptkbp:license gptkb:GNU_General_Public_License
gptkbp:operating_system Cross-platform
gptkbp:programming_language gptkb:C
gptkbp:provides debugging options
customizable actions
profiling options
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Lex
gptkbp:release_date gptkb:1990
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Unicode
UTF-8 encoding
multiple output formats
multiple input files
gptkbp:used_in compiler construction
data parsing
text processing tools
gptkbp:uses regular expressions
gptkbp:website https://github.com/westes/flex
gptkbp:written_in gptkb:C
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:GNU_General_Public_License,_version_3
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7