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@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +This is flex, the fast lexical analyzer generator. + +flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognize +lexical patterns in text. + +More information about flex as well as the latest official release of +flex can be found at: + +http://flex.sourceforge.net/ + +Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker +facilities which can be found from flex's SourceForge project page at: + +http://sourceforge.net/projects/flex + +There are several mailing lists available as well: + +flex-announce@lists.sourceforge.net - where posts will be made +announcing new releases of flex. + +flex-help@lists.sourceforge.net - where you can post questions about +using flex + +flex-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - where you can discuss development of +flex itself + +Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of +BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL). + +This file is part of flex. + +This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +Vern Paxson. + +The United States Government has rights in this work pursuant +to contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States +Department of Energy and the University of California. + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +are met: + +1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + +Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +without specific prior written permission. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +PURPOSE. + +The flex distribution contains the following files which may be of interest: + +README - This file. + +NEWS - current version number and list of user-visible changes. + +INSTALL - basic installation information. + +ABOUT-NLS - description of internationalization support in flex. + +COPYING - flex's copyright and license. + +doc/ - user documentation. + +examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a +few other things. See the file examples/README for more details. + +TODO - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc. + +tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details. + +po/ - internationalization support files. |