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Re: gcj -D
- To: Mike Moreton <mike at pillim dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: gcj -D
- From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Date: 18 Oct 1999 10:14:06 -0700
- Cc: java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <199910181448.PAA00792@pillim>
Mike Moreton <mike@pillim.demon.co.uk> writes:
> I believe that if Java is to become a general purpose programming language,
> it's going to need a pre-processor, and I'd prefer it to be a standard
> one, rather than each project inventing their own.
Most general purpose programming languages are *not* with pre-processors,
at least not standard. In fact, I can't think of any common ones that
do, except C, C++, and Objective-C. PL/I had pre-processing. Some languages
(the Lisp family, Dylan) have macro processors, but they work at a higher
lever, and are less common.
Ada, Pascal, Eiffel, Modula-2, Modula-3, Chill, ML, ...
As far as I know, none of these have standard prc-processors. A number
of these languages are used for embedded systems.
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--Per Bothner
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