1.5 C++ Utilities

The following C++ utilities are now incorporated into traditional UNIX® tools and are bundled with the UNIX operating system:

• lex—Generates programs used in simple lexical analysis of text

• yacc—Generates a C function to parse the input stream according to syntax

• prof—Produces an execution profile of modules in a program

• gprof—Profiles program runtime performance by procedure

• tcov—Profiles program runtime performance by statement

See Program Performance Analysis Tools and associated man pages for further information on these UNIX tools.