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From: self@ics.uci.edu (John Self)
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Subject: Re: Looking for exact location of AYACC, ALEX
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Date: 18 Apr 91 21:36:15 GMT
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In <3079@sparko.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:

>In article <1850@dinl.mmc.UUCP> mschwartz@mmc.com (Michael I Schwartz) writes:
>#I have heard that scanner generators and parser generators exist that generate
>#Ada code (I heard they were called AYACC and ALEX).
>#
>#I would like to use these, but have not been able to locate the proper archive
>#that they are stored in.
>#
>#Could someone please let me know the EXACT archive/directory/files these are
>#stored in?
>#
>#Thanks you so much for any help you can provide
>#
>#Michael

>These are NOT archived anywhere except at UCI. An incorrect posting several
>weeks ago suggested they were ftp-able, but this was corrected by a UCI guy
>(John Self) a few messages later.

>UCI requires a license agreement, and a $75. check. We ordered this last
>year and waited MONTHS (yes, MONTHS) for the tape. John Self and the
>other technical guys I spoke to were very helpful, but UCI apparently
>has the kind of insufferably slow bureaucracy characteristic of universities
>and government agencies.

After all the complaints from people about our distribution method
we've finally confronted bureaucracy and WON!  We will be distributing
aflex and ayacc via FTP, without a signed license agreement, but with
the requirement that you get it directly from us and send us a message
saying you have retrieved it.  This should all be set up in the next
week or two.  I just received official UC clearance to make it available
today, and now I have to get the FTP set up and put copyright notices
in all the files.  I will post a message here (in comp.lang.ada)
giving details of how to retrieve the sources when I have everything
set up.

					Thanks,
						John Self
						self@ics.uci.edu
						sdcsvax!ucivax!self
						JTSELF@UCI.BITNET

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					Thanks,
						 John