> Using third party lexer generators means your project is now dependent on that...

e12e on Feb 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Open Sources flint, a C++ linter written ...

> Using third party lexer generators means your project is now dependent on that tool.

I would submit that porting D is signficantly harder than porting flex and/or ragel. Not to mention that the number of platforms that support C++ and D but not flex should be smaller than the number of platforms that support C++ and flex but not D?

WalterBright on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

It's easier to just write the lexer by hand than deal with those issues.