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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: spectrum or is it SPECTRUM???
Message-ID: <1250012@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 27 May 88 16:29:27 GMT
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> > where is the list of these predefined symbols documented?
> In the man page for cpp(1).

Steve Harrold pointed out by mail that "spectrum" is never mentioned
in cpp(1).  He's right.  The man page covers its neck, however, when
it alludes that there may be other symbols defined but not mentioned.

The SVID doesn't mention anything about predefined symbols, even
passing up a chance to belabor the obvious through a mention of
"unix."  The 4.2BSD and 4.3 manuals don't even have a separate cpp
page, the information being lumped together on the cc(1) page.
The most telling description is in _Portable_C_and_Unix_System_
_Programming_ by J. R. Lapin, under cpp:  "This utility is present
everywhere but documented almost nowhere."

-- bd