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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: What is cpp ???
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Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 14:32:12 EST
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> CPP is the C language preprocessor which handles the '#' directives present
> in C programs...

More precisely, "cpp" is *a* C language preprocessor that, in some C
implementations (including most UNIX ones) handles the '#' directives
present in C programs.  It is certainly not present in every single C
implementation out there.
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	Guy Harris
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