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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
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Subject: Re: Imake versus cpp
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Date: 4 Oct 90 23:15:20 GMT
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>> MIT, perhaps you could have imake use one of the free Reiser-style
>> cpp clones, and distribute it with X,

> There already *is* a C preprocessor distributed with X, namely the
> DECUS one; I don't know how well it'd work with "imake".

Didn't I say?  I tried that one, and it is too close to ANSI to work
with imake.  (For a C preprocessor, being close to ANSI is good.  For a
fancy stream editor used by imake, it's bad.)

As for *which* free Reiser-style cpp, I'm not sure.  If there's any
difficulty finding one, I can toss together a slow but
sufficient-for-imake preprocessor and give it to the Consortium, or
perhaps even place it in the public domain.

					der Mouse

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