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Re:Notes on the M4 Macro Language (2008) by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:35AM (#31443387)
> how many here have had a class in m4 or TeX?

I haven't, but could be interested; are there any good tutorials or such that you might suggest?

Re:Notes on the M4 Macro Language (2008) by patrck on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:36AM (#31444053)
Gnu M4 manual works well, while for TeX there's the Gentle Introduction.

For an abstract, design/implementation introduction, though? There isn't. We don't learn about macro languages just as we don't learn about domain specific languages.