Global InformationRe2c information
| Original author(s) | Peter Bumbulis |
|---|---|
| Initial release | around 1994[1] |
| Stable release | 3.1[2] 
/ 19 July 2023 |
| Repository | github |
| Type | Lexical analyzer generator |
| License | Public domain |
| Website | re2c |
re2c is a free and open-source lexer generator for C, C++, Go, and Rust. It compiles declarative regular expression specifications to deterministic finite automata. Originally written by Peter Bumbulis and described in his paper,[1] re2c was put in public domain and has been since maintained by volunteers.[3] It is the lexer generator adopted by projects such as PHP,[4] SpamAssassin,[5] Ninja build system[6] and others. Together with the Lemon parser generator, re2c is used in BRL-CAD.[7] This combination is also used with STEPcode, an implementation of ISO 10303 standard.[8]
- ^ a b Bumbulis, Peter; Donald D., Cowan (March–December 1993). "RE2C: a more versatile scanner generator". ACM Letters on Programming Languages and Systems. 2 (1–4): 70–84. doi:10.1145/176454.176487. S2CID 14814637.
- ^ "Release 3.1". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Authors, re2c documentation".
- ^ "Building PHP". PHP Internals Book. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "SpamAssassin (sa-compile)".
- ^ "Ninja: build.ninja". Ninja. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "BRL-CAD (tools: re2c)".
- ^ "Build Process".