C compilers with integrated preprocessors
jim nutt
jim.nutt at p11.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Wed Sep 21 08:49:07 AEST 1988
> From: seanf at sco.COM (Sean Fagan)
> Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
> Message-ID: <1292 at scolex>
> In article <3999 at bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi at bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> >It is agreed that a Real ANSI-conforming C compiler might not supply a
> >separate preprocessor pass, but who cares? Such a C compiler would be
> >an instant commercial failure.
>
> I'm sure Microsoft will be sorry to hear that MSC 4.x and upwards (at
> least)
> and QuickC are doomed to be "an instant commercial failure." (True,
> they're
> not strictly conforming, yet, but they're trying to get there.)
not to mention nearly every other ms-dos c compiler. a few have separate preprocessor passes (or supply a separate preprocessor [turbo c]), but most do not.
jim nutt
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