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Re:Notes on the M4 Macro Language (2008) by hdjjhhvvhga on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:26AM (#31444349)
Of course you are right and hundreds of such tools exist. The only reason we are talking about m4 here is that is basically everywhere for legacy reasons.
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Re:Notes on the M4 Macro Language (2008) by enasterosophes on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:59PM (#31473223)
Correct. I was motivated to use m4 to solve the problem I had, because m4 is ubiquitous. I wanted to know more about it, and I wanted my config files to be generatable on any machine where I spend some time.
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