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Lex

• detection recognise a file as this language
• comments strip comments without parsing
• facets know it hosts components or styles
• conventions find its tests and fixtures
• toolchain name a tool that handles it
• compiler build or run it
• analyser lint or format it
• ecosystem resolve its packages

id

lex

role

programming

claims first

.l

extensions

.l .lex

filenames

Lexer.x lexer.x

counts

JFlex, Jison Lex

shares

.l with Common Lisp, PicoLisp, Roff

What is not known, and why