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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:29:17 -0500
Subject: Re: Python #ifdef
From: Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com>
To: Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com>
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> The terror that most people feel when hearing "m4" is because m4 was
associated with sendmail, not because m4 was inherently awful.

In fact, m4 made sendmail configs easier to maintain.

Skip

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<p dir="ltr">&gt; The terror that most people feel when hearing &quot;m4&quot; is because m4 was associated with sendmail, not because m4 was inherently awful.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In fact, m4 made sendmail configs easier to maintain. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Skip<br>
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