in reply to Learning about Lexing/Parsing in general form?
The o'rielly lex and yacc book isn't a bad place to start.
I can only get so much from books though. I find the best place to learn is to look at real code, only then do you start to pick up the tricks and tips that most books tend to miss.
So go grab some code and start reading, and good luck!
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Nic