Question about lex itselff

[Michael T Sullivan]

I have a question or two about lex.  I hear in the office and on the net
people moaning about how horrible lex is.  My questions are:

Just what is so horrible about lex?  For the little things I have been
using it for it seems just fine and a speedy way to get a scanner done.
Mail me this answer.

If lex is so horrible, and everybody thinks it's horrible (is this an
incorrect assumption?) then why hasn't it been rewritten by now?

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