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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

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AUTHOR

Bernhard Schmalhofer - Bernhard.Schmalhofer@gmx.de