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From: karl@CGDISIS.CGD.UCAR.EDU
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Subject: Re: Imake versus cpp
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Date: 9 Oct 90 17:23:15 GMT
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In message <9010040321.AA04867@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> you write:

| > I've been trying to get the imake in the R4 tapes ( /mit/config )
| > working on VMS. I've been using two C preprocessors :
| 
| >                 Gnu cpp
| >                 DECUS C cpp     /mit/util/cpp on the MIT R4 tape.
| 
| > I didn't get it working.  Has somebody else tried building imake for
| > VMS ??
| 
| Not for VMS, but I had trouble getting imake to behave on the NeXT.
| The supplied cpp is an ANSI cpp; it causes imake great indigestion.
| Similarly with the DECUS cpp; it may or may not be quite ANSI, but it's
| close enough to cause trouble.  I eventually gave up and brought over
| source to the Reiser cpp.
| 
| The problem is that imake uses cpp as a fancy stream editor, while it's
| intended, and specced, as a C preprocessor.
| 
| MIT, perhaps you could have imake use one of the free Reiser-style cpp
| clones, and distribute it with X, rather than depending on the native
| preprocessor to behave in a manner it is not guaranteed to and less and
| less commonly will with the advent of ANSI C?
| 
| 					der Mouse
| 
| 			old: mcgill-vision!mouse
| 			new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu

Hello. Where can I get this Reiser-style cpp? I want to use something
other than Sun source cpp to build a project maintainer for local
scientists. Should I look through the 'archie' server?
		Thanks,
			Karl Sierka