cpp-peglib VS flex

Compare cpp-peglib vs flex and see what are their differences.

cpp-peglib

A single file C++ header-only PEG (Parsing Expression Grammars) library (by yhirose)

flex

The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++ (by westes)
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cpp-peglib flex
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MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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cpp-peglib

Posts with mentions or reviews of cpp-peglib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-12.

flex

Posts with mentions or reviews of flex. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-19.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cpp-peglib and flex you can also consider the following projects:

PEGTL - Parsing Expression Grammar Template Library

LKI - LKI's dotfiles.

ctpg - Compile Time Parser Generator is a C++ single header library which takes a language description as a C++ code and turns it into a LR1 table parser with a deterministic finite automaton lexical analyzer, all in compile time.

imp - Imp is a statically typed and compiled scripting language with the goal of increasing programmer confidence.

scnlib - scanf for modern C++

ocean - Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable.

filter_spirit - Advanced item filter generator for Path of Exile that uses it's own DSL and online item price APIs

Apollo-11 - Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules.

AoC-2022 - Advent of code 2022

owl - A parser generator for visibly pushdown languages.

scope_guard - A modern C++ scope guard that is easy to use but hard to misuse.

Cwerg - The best C-like language that can be implemented in 10kLOC.