Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago

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On 06/01/2013 04:04 AM, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
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> the program with, or source for the executable tool; and then you have
> to provide a customized makefile for the program that includes the
> appropriate rule, which presumes the use of a particular make utility
> since they're not standardized the way the language is.

Some make utilities are standardized; POSIX make, for instance. Of
course, that won't do you much good if your target platform doesn't
conform to POSIX, but it's not the absence of a standard that's the
problem; it's the fact that many systems haven't adopted it.


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A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-23 19:18 -0600
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  Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-05-25 02:24 -0700
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  Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago Peter <pcurran88@googlemail.com> - 2013-05-30 19:40 -0600
    Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-01 02:04 -0600
      Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago ootiib@hot.ee - 2013-06-01 14:53 -0600
      Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-06-04 10:41 -0600
        Re: A preprocessor feature we should have had 40 years ago espie@lain.home (Marc Espie) - 2013-06-05 23:12 -0700
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