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Using Parrot m4

What is Parrot m4? ^

Parrot m4 is GNU m4 ported to Parrot. It is implemented in the Parrot Intermediate Representation (PIR). GNU m4, and thus Parrot m4, is a macro processor.

Installing Parrot m4 ^

Get the Parrot distribution. Build parrot. cd languages/m4 make

Running the test suite ^

  make test

Running your own code ^

  ../../parrot m4.pbc <options> <file.m4>

Command line arguments ^

  ../../parrot m4.pbc --help

A simple example ^

SEE ALSO ^

AUTHOR ^

Bernhard.Schmalhofer at gmx.de


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