ingly enough, performance comparisons of lexical analyzers written
            using <span class="emphasis"><em>Spirit.Lex</em></span> with equivalent programs generated
            by <a href="http://flex.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">Flex</a> show that both
            have comparable execution speeds! Generally, thanks to the highly optimized
            <a href="http://www.benhanson.net/lexertl.html" target="_top">Lexertl</a> library
            and due its carefully designed integration with <a href=