FLEX
1. Faster LEX. A reimplementation of the {Lex}
{scanner} generator by Vern Paxson .
{Flex::} produces {C::} and {aflex} produces {Ada}.
FTP flex-2.3.8.tar.Z from a {GNU archive site} or
{(ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/pub/flex-2.4.3.tar.Z)}.
["The FLEX Scanner Generator", Vern Paxson ,
Systems Engineering, LBL, CA].
2. A {real-time} language for dynamic environments.
["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al,
Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991].
3. An early {object-oriented} language developed for the
{FLEX} machine by {Alan Kay} in about 1967. The FLEX language
was a simplification of {Simula} and a predecessor of
{Smalltalk}.
(1995-03-29)