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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: microsoft C considered stupid
Message-ID: <2111@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Jun-86 04:21:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.2111
Posted: Sat Jun 21 04:21:34 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Jun-86 07:18:36 EDT
References: <1986Jun20.01:10:46.477@utcs.uucp>
Reply-To: chris@maryland.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Organization: University of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Sci.
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In article <1986Jun20.01:10:46.477@utcs.uucp> flaps@utcs.uucp
(Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
>1. They have instituted a pre-processor conditional of the form
>	#if defined(MANIFEST_CONSTANT).

They have not instituted it.  It has been around since V7, at
the latest.  It is quite useful; things like

	#if (defined(x) || defined(y)) && defined(z)

are fairly tricky (not to mention confusing) to write without this.
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