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Re: Scanner takes a long time to build.


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: Scanner takes a long time to build.
Date: 26 Jul 2002 12:37:06 +0200
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>>>>> "Hans" == Hans Aberg <address@hidden> writes:

Hans> But loc.cit. also says that one can compute the DFA transitions
Hans> on the fly, caching them. This will combine the NFA space
Hans> complexity with the DFA time complexity, it says.

In the case of Flex, which is a batch tool as opposed to Perl which
aims at being ``interactive'', it doesn't make a lot of sense to
continue the computation of the automaton at scanner runtime.



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