Re: What is cpp ???

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1986 19:32

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> CPP is the C language preprocessor which handles the '#' directives present
> in C programs...

More precisely, "cpp" is *a* C language preprocessor that, in some C
implementations (including most UNIX ones) handles the '#' directives
present in C programs.  It is certainly not present in every single C
implementation out there.
-- 
	Guy Harris
	{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy
	guy@sun.com (or guy@sun.arpa)

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