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@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ have read and didn't, and you bug me about it, I'm going to yell at you. See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. -If you have neither bison nor yacc, use the awkgram.c file here. It was -generated with bison, and has no proprietary code in it. (Note that -modifying awkgram.y without bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. -You might want to get a copy of bison from the FSF too.) +If you have neither Bison nor yacc, use the awkgram.c file here. It was +generated with Bison, and has no proprietary code in it. (Note that +modifying awkgram.y without Bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. +You might want to get a copy of Bison from the FSF too.) + +Since there are two parsers in gawk (one for the grammar, one for the +debugger), there is a dependency on Bison's ability to rename the +yacc internal variables. So, you should really use Bison and not yacc. If you have an MS-DOS, MS-Windows, or OS/2 system, use the stuff in the `pc' directory. Similarly, there is a separate directory for VMS. |