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by flohofwoe 1161 days ago
Preprocessor macros are an entirely valid tool in the C language toolbox, even if demonized by C++ coders.
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pjmlp 1161 days ago
Even Macro Assemblers from the MS-DOS and Amiga days are better than C pre-processor macros.
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melagonster 1160 days ago
it is black magic, absolutely respect C developers.
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flohofwoe 1160 days ago
But the preprocessor is just simple text replacement, nothing magic about it.
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