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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: section 3 manpages, and, mode 444 distributions
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Date: Sat, 16-May-87 23:37:54 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 16 23:37:54 1987
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In article <1032@rayssd.RAY.COM> dhb@rayssd.RAY.COM (David Brierley) writes:
-...  I just finished installing
-fourth generation make (from the ATT toolchest) and included in the
-distribution was a new release of cpp.  One of the features of this
-new release is that it detects when a file has already been included
-and doesn't bother reading it again.
-...
-I know that not everyone has access to this version of cpp but it's
-probably in the latest sysV release and maybe it can be picked up by
-Berkeley for their next release.

I hope not!  This is yet another example of people ASSUMING a certain
model for usage of a utility, then FORCING the model on you.  When I
want something #included at a spot, I want it #included at that spot.
I do not want some smart-ass CPP assuming it knows what I want better
than I do.  And yes, at times it does make a difference which method
is used.

Note that such a smart-ass CPP is in violation of the dpANS  mp mp