Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Marco Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: The STEP Preprocessor Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 4 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-07-025@comp.compilers> References: <11-07-020@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1310910501 132 64.57.183.58 (17 Jul 2011 13:48:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: macros, history, comment Posted-Date: 17 Jul 2011 09:48:21 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:201 This was a fairly popular technique back in the 1970s. The RATFOR preprocessor was actually used by non-academic types. [Considering that Ratfor was written at Bell Labs, of course it was used by non-academic types. It was quite popular in the numerical analysis community. I ported it to PDP-10 Fortran. -John]