Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor

From	"Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
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Subject	Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor
Date	2012-05-28 14:45 +0100
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Rui Maciel wrote:

> The objective is to generate a set of files with present different values
> specified by a parameter.  For example, let's assume we have this
> template:
>
> <example>
> Line (0,0) (XX,YY)
> </example>
>
> And, based on this template, a user intended to define N different data
> files, each one with different values for (XX, YY), with the values for XX
> and YY being defined in terms of an arbitrary algebraic expression.

Have you considered PHP ?  A language I detest, but maybe suitable for your 
purpose.

Or just write a little pre-processor in your lanugage of choice (Lisp?) and 
have done.  It's often quicker and easier to re-invent a wheel than to try to 
find the right one in the haystack.

    -- chris

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Suggestions for a preprocessor Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-05-27 17:29 +0100
  Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201205.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-05-28 02:16 +0200
    Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 12:32 +0100
      Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-05-28 13:51 +0100
        Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 16:19 +0100
          Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 16:43 +0100
      Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2012-05-28 14:45 +0100
        Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 16:21 +0100
          Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-05-28 16:33 -0700
      Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-05-28 16:46 +0200
  Re: Suggestions for a preprocessor Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-29 07:50 +1200

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