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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: C preprocessor portability question -- initial #
Message-ID: <9117@sun.uucp>
Date: Mon, 10-Nov-86 15:22:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 10 15:22:20 1986
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> 	Back in the "good old days" (i.e. v6) a c source file was only run
> through the preprocessor if the first character in the file was a '#'.  Are
> there any systems out there that still enforce this, or is it strictly a
> relic of the past?

It's strictly a relic of the past.  Check out the source code to the 4.3BSD
kernel; for example, the most common first character there is "/".
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