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Macro processor | M4 (an acronym for ''Macro'' - M and 4 more letters) is a general-purpose macro language processor. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The predecessor macro processor m3 was written by Dennis Ritchie for the AP-3 minicomputer. | The predecessor macro processor m3 was written by Dennis Ritchie for the AP-3 minicomputer. | ||
M4 was originally written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie in 1977. | |||
==Implementations== | ==Implementations== | ||
Revision as of 01:26, 24 February 2018
M4 (an acronym for Macro - M and 4 more letters) is a general-purpose macro language processor.
History
The predecessor macro processor m3 was written by Dennis Ritchie for the AP-3 minicomputer.
M4 was originally written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie in 1977.