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4.9. yacc (bison)

Bison is a free implementation of yacc.

4.9.1. UNIX or Win32 Cygwin: bison

Bison is available for most of the UNIX-like platforms and as the bison package from the Cygwin

setup.

If GNU Bison isn't already installed or available as a package for your platform, you can get it at:

http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html.

After correct installation, typing at the bash command line prompt:

$ bison --version

should result in something like:

bison (GNU Bison) 2.3

Written by Robert Corbett and Richard Stallman.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

However, the version string may vary.

4.9.2. Win32 native: bison

A native Win32 yacc/bison package can be obtained from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. The in-

stallation should be straightforward.

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