Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.)

> "J. Michael Roberts" <mirobert@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
> > - I needed to install flex (no surprise) -- the instructions are quite
> >   explicit, but, well, wrong: flex depends on bison.  So you have to get
> >   and compile bison first.
> 
> BTW, does anyone understand *why* our lexer files require flex and not
> just garden-variety lex?  Would it be worth trying to make them more
> portable?

Can we do that?  Is flex actually required too?

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