C compilation -- the modern way

Pre-processor

Wait until Chapter 15.

Lexical analysis

Breaks the C program into tokens.

• Lex specification for ANSI C
• Robert Heckendorn's Flex Primer
• Regular expressions
• RegExBuddy

Parsing

Builds the structure of the C program.

• Yacc specification for ANSI C
• Robert Heckendorn's Bison Primer
• Backus-Naur Form