Re:The Most Beautiful Piece of Code That Prints 42
by anitil on Sunday May 13, 2018 @09:03PM
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I always thought it was a historical choice that simple substitution languages were simpler to implement so were chosen as a default.
It is kind of infuriating that the preprocessor always feels simultaneously _too powerful_ and _not powerful enough_ for the jobs you want to get done. I find myself reaching for other tools (kaitai, m4 etc) a lot more these days to take the role.
It is kind of infuriating that the preprocessor always feels simultaneously _too powerful_ and _not powerful enough_ for the jobs you want to get done. I find myself reaching for other tools (kaitai, m4 etc) a lot more these days to take the role.