Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: ANSI C and the C Pre-Processor Message-ID: <5700017@ea.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 17:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.5700017 Posted: Thu Sep 27 17:11:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Oct-84 03:42:36 EDT References: <9110@watmath.UUCP> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:watmath:-911000:ea:5700017:000:590 Nf-From: ea!mwm Sep 27 16:11:00 1984 /***** ea:net.lang.c / utzoo!henry / 4:20 am Sep 25, 1984 */ As for what should be done to bring back the lost functionality... the ANSI C folks have basically said "if you want a general-purpose macro processor, use m4". The programs that this "change" will break are broken already, and should be fixed to do it right. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry /* ---------- */ Great. Another tool that's nearly vital for writing C, but not available on most (all) non-Unix systems. Anybody got pointers to a public domain m4?