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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Fortran could learn from C
Message-ID: <1988Feb25.191646.7580@utzoo.uucp>
Keywords: X3J3 Fortran Draft cpp
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <42586@sun.uucp>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 88 19:16:46 GMT

> ... the C preprocessor, sometimes provided
> as  part of a C compiler, sometimes separately.  Its defini-
> tion is currently being standardized by X3J11...

Beware of one fine point, though:  X3J11 is *not* requiring that the
preprocessor be available independently of the rest of the compiler.
(They considered it but decided it was outside their jurisdiction.)
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