On 25 Jul 2002, Akim Demaille wrote: > >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> byacc is portable, and has the advantage (in contrast to > Thomas> bison) of being written in ANSI C. > > ... which is written in?
bison relies on alloca, which is not standard. There are a few compilers which implement it, but the presence of nonstandard code in bison is one reason why I do not install it except for the _Very_ rare combination of a useful program which actually requires the features in bison. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
