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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Conditional Code in Ada 95?
Date: 1998/08/26
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In article <6rvdbs$c40@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>,
  Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> The conditional compilation software eliminated comment lines for the
> el-cheapo compiler so it could emulate the features of the target
> computer.  When it came time to compile to the target, the conditional
> compilation elminated comment lines for that compiler.   Of course,

Can't you get the same effect by using a build tool like gnumake? Gnumake is
about as standard as they come. I'm pretty sure gnu has a pre-processor that
should be available on every platorm gnumake is as well.

Personally, I would greatly support the decision not to add a pre-compiler.
Anyone who has ever tried to track down a problem in the source code of
gnu-emacs knows what a nightmare such code can turn into. It is anathema to
the primary Ada goal of easy to understand code.


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