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Re: [LUG] IDEs was OT: Computer Science at Exeter Uni

 

On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 20:01 +0000, James Fidell wrote:

> Given that some of the above just isn't relevant today (microprocessor
> design is probably a degree in itself, and almost no-one implements
> framebuffer graphics from the ground up) and a good deal of everyday
> stuff now didn't even exist then, I imagine a more recent degree
> is a rather different cauldron of piranahs.  I wonder how many people
> these days have even heard of lex and yacc (or flex and bison if you
> prefer), let alone know what they do or understand how to use them.

lex and yacc, flex and bison... yep, I know *of* them and I think I know
what they're for... and I did a biology degree at Plymouth. :p

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Grant

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