Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!apple!fox!portal!cup.portal.com!Tim_N_Roberts From: Tim_N_Roberts@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C's Limited Macro Capabilities Message-ID: <24736@cup.portal.com> Date: 5 Dec 89 21:17:51 GMT References: <69517@psuecl.bitnet> <11250@csli.Stanford.EDU> <3311@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 8 Re: Discussion of C Pre-processor limitations: Remember that most (all?) Unix implementations include M4, which is a rather powerful macro expansion facility. It would be perfectly feasible to have your makefile call M4 before invoking cc. TNR@cup.portal.com | I Survived The ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!tnr | Great Quake of '89.