Associations to the word «Lex»

Wiktionary

LEX, verb. (computing) To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
LEX, proper noun. A pet form of the male given name Alexander.
LEX TALIONIS, noun. Law of equivalent retaliation.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky