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Thanks for the references Reid. I just downloaded free PDF versions of all three books. About 1,800 pages of light reading...

Huh. I knew the Holub book was available that way (and no other, these days), but didn't think the others were free anywhere.

Reid

UrbanCyborg wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:28 pm Huh. I knew the Holub book was available that way (and no other, these days), but didn't think the others were free anywhere.

Reid

Yeah, I was surprised to find the Fieddl book for free (although it is 16 years old now so probably not as valuable as it once was).

I looked back through my browsing history and think these links are where I got the downloads from...

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https://holub.com/compiler/

On a quick glance I think I read the Chomsky and Holub books many years ago, but the Friedl book is definitely new to me.

I think you'll find that the regex book is still pretty germane, especially the discussions on how regex engines are constructed under the skin.

Reid

Cheers, Reid, I figured the info was still very relevant. Regular expressions go back a long way so I can't see much changing in recent times other than minor details of specific implementations.

I was just pondering as to why the book was available for free download. I don't know if that particular website has the rights to offer the PDF version of the book for free to be honest. I assumed it's all legit but haven't actually done any investigation of pdfdrive.com.

You got me on that one, but I downloaded a copy, just to have. That way, I can read it on my phone when I'm away from the computer.

Reid

I'm fairly certain that those PDFDrive copies are bootleg/bogus.

O'Reilly has been publishing Comp. Sci. related texts for decades, and have their own on-line distribution system.

If you want a legit copy of the RegEx text, get it from the source.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/ma ... 596528124/

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Terry McG

terrymcg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:00 am I'm fairly certain that those PDFDrive copies are bootleg/bogus.

Fair enough Terry. I've edited my old post to remove the links.

Thanks Colin!

Sorry to a Nanny about it, but I've been an O'Reilly customer since before there were pdf's

Their stuff is good and they're worth supporting directly.

Cheers,
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Terry McG