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Subject: Re: [boost] The C++ Post-Processor
From: Christopher Jefferson (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-18 12:22:18


On 18 Oct 2009, at 16:54, Hartmut Kaiser wrote:

> I agree with everything except Sebastians notion the preprocessor
> was not
> Turing complete, because it is (this has been shown in the past).
> But that's
> just a minor detail.

Are you sure? I'm sure it's not. Template instansiation certainly is,
but I'm sure the preprocessor isn't, due to the lack of recursion or
backtracking.

Chris


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