[__david__]

I understand the issues with the pre-processor, but I still think C is better off with it than without it. I know it can be abused horrifically but it can also be abused in really nice and convenient ways. If you construct you macros right they can be useful or even wonderful. In that sense the pre-processor is very C-like.

The things that makes macros actually nice are some of the gcc extensions, like the ({ }) block expression syntax and typeof().