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Re: cpp replacement
- To: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: cpp replacement
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at rabi dot columbia dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:14:42 -0500
- cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:38:52 -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 11:02:48AM -0600, Mumit Khan wrote:
>> The trouble with #! syntax has always been on systems where there is
>> no such thing as /bin/sh and so on.
>>
>> My opinion is that the minority of systems where this may cause a problem
>> should have to simply deal with it by providing an alternate method.
>
>Why don't we just do it in C?
Long term, a specialized driver is probably the way to go, but this
works on most systems and can be kicked out the door fast. I think
Jeff wants something in 1.1.2.
zw