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Re: unicode

Date	2011-09-13 20:30 -0400
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: unicode
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On 9/13/2011 1:02 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:33:14 -0700, markspace<-@.>  wrote, quoted or
> indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>> And I would not use the term preprocessor - it is Java not C.
>>
>> I've always heard this part of the Java compiler described as a
>> preprocessor.  Is there some other documentation that refers to it
>> differently?
>
> the expansion is done logically ahead of the parse. That is exactly
> what a preprocessor is.

Not really.

Try read:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preprocessor

>                            I did not say it WAS a preprocessor, just
> like one.

It is not like a preprocessor.

> Java can have preprocessors. It is just there is not a single official
> one. Consider JSP and brethren.

JSP is compiled not preprocessd.

(and not relevant in the context either)

Arne

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  Re: unicode Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-12 14:08 -0700
    Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-12 17:31 -0400
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          Re: unicode Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-12 22:05 -0700
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            Re: unicode Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-09-13 07:18 +0000
        Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-12 20:57 -0400
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            Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-13 20:17 -0400
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          Re: unicode Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-09-13 04:05 -0700
        Re: unicode Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-12 22:02 -0700
          Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-13 20:30 -0400
  Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-12 17:29 -0400
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