Ask HN: Do you use M4 in production?

1 pointsmartinlofgren8y ago1 comments

I've been trying out M4 a bit lately for code generation. I find it concise and expressive, but also challenging when the macros become a little more complex. Do you use it in production, and for what purposes?

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PaulHoule8y ago

I used M4 15 years ago to configure multiple systems (PHP, MySQL, Apache.) that were delivered in a bundle.

Since then, I haven't.

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Ask HN: Do you use M4 in production?

1 pointsmartinlofgren8y ago1 comments

I've been trying out M4 a bit lately for code generation. I find it concise and expressive, but also challenging when the macros become a little more complex. Do you use it in production, and for what purposes?

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PaulHoule8y ago

I used M4 15 years ago to configure multiple systems (PHP, MySQL, Apache.) that were delivered in a bundle.

Since then, I haven't.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse