cpp vs. m4 for .s files

Scott Hammond scott at sctc.com
Thu May 2 05:21:58 AEST 1991


Unix source tends to use m4 for macro and constant substitution.
I was asked why cpp wouldn't work just as well, but I don't know.  Is
there any reason one way or the other for choosing m4 vs. cpp for
assembly language files?

Thanks.
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Scott Hammond
scott at sctc.com



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