Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:37:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	Gordon Hogenson <ghogenso AT u DOT washington DOT edu>
To:	John Bodfish <bodfish AT austen DOT notis DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Flex and bison

On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, John Bodfish wrote:

> Previously, someone asked:
> > 
> >    Does 263 flex and/or bison generate C++ code.
> > 

The following is an excerpt from the comp.compilers FAQ:

language:       BNF (yacc), Lex
package:        Bison++ and Flex++
version:        1.21-8 (bison), 2.3.8-7 (flex), 5 (flex++bison++misc)
parts:          translator, documentation, postscript, examples, DOS binary
author:         Alain Coetmeur <coetmeur AT icdc DOT fr>
location:       cse.unl.edu in ~ftp/pub/nandy/c++/tools/LATEST/*
    Europe:     mirrored on ftp.th-darmstadt.de
description:    A retargeting of bison-1 and flex 2.3 to C++, able to
                generate classes.  As with Bison and Flex, these two tools
                are independent but designed for mutual compatibility.
                The version numbering has been changed for consistency with
                Flex and Bison, so versions of flex3.0.x and bison2.x of this
                package are are actually earlier versions, not later.
                Examples are provided to help in getting started.
conformance:    Mostly compatible with flex2.3 and bison 1 in C, apart
                from the ability to generate classes.
features:       Almost all symbol names can be redefined, parsers can be
                shared in C and C++ in the same headers... very extensible...
                flex++ support IOSTREAM and STDIO in C++.
bugs:           Contact coetmeur AT icdc DOT fr (current author and maintainer).
restriction:    GNU License for bison++. Same as flex for flex++.
ports:          SUNOS4, DOS, and same ports as Flex/Bison, Windows NT (tested)
portability:    Larger memory model required on DOS (DOS binary supplied).
status:         active, supported, might not support flex 2.4
discussion:     coetmeur AT icdc DOT fr, news: comp.compiler, or comp.lang.c++
help:           coetmeur AT icdc DOT fr, news: comp.compiler, or comp.lang.c++
                for substantial problems.
support:        see help, no commercial support. (volunteer ?)
announcements:  mail list locally maintained by coetmeur AT icdc DOT fr,
                news: comp.compiler comp.lang.c++
updated:        1994/02/07
lref:           C
lref:           C++
lref:           Lex
lref:           yacc

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Perhaps this is what the original poster was seeking.
Gordon.

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