Ralph Corderoy <ralph(a)inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Rich,
Does anyone have the Usenix paper (80's
timeframe I think) about making lex
go fast? It was by Vern Paxson or Van Jacobson IIRC. Maybe only an
abstract was published. The talk ended with a chart showing some CPU
times, and the modified lex was only slightly slower than cat. Maybe Vern
since he contributed to what became flex.
Google Scholar's ‘Vancouver’ style citation:
Jacobson V. Tuning UNIX Lex or it's NOT true what they say
about Lex. InUSENIX Conference Proceedings (Washington,
DC, Winter 1987) 1987 (pp. 163-164).
Lack of space after ‘In’ is Google, not me.
I didn't find the paper itself, just citations of it.
I'm pretty sure I have those proceedings. Given that it's 2 pages,
it's probably just an abstract. If there's interest, I can try to scan
the pages.
Arnold