Eric Altman, author of sendmail said that he received "a lifetime of loathing for the use of m4." m4 could probably do it, but it will be the most obtuse, write only code imaginable. Been there, done that, have the scars.
jerry On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was thinking about using "m4". It is a macro processor that is already > on every Linux/Unix system and I think all Macs too. > m4 will copy its input to its output except when it sees a macro which it > will expend. while expanding a macro it can run any shell program or use > it's own features. So a trivial m4 file would be just one line that reads > "hello world". I think M4 wins for having and shortest posable hello > world program. I could us Java or Perl or whatever but I'd just be > re-implementing m4. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Mark <wendt.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 01/30/2016 08:57 PM, craig wrote: > > .... > > > > > > Being almost undocumented my code would not be much use to anyone else > > > but the approach might. > > > > > > craig > > > > > > Birds of a feather I would say. I did kinda the same thing with Perl. > ;-) > > > > Mark > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Jerry Scharf FINsix IT 650.285.6361 w 650.279.7017 m ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
