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The context I know M4 from is generating `configure` scripts that generate `Makefile`s that generate programs from a single multi-platform source tree. I can o
by tempodox 5y ago
The context I know M4 from is generating `configure` scripts that generate `Makefile`s that generate programs from a single multi-platform source tree. I can only offer my utmost respect to those who master that multi-level complexity (some call it “hell”).
- matheusmoreira 5y ago> I can only offer my utmost respect to those who master that multi-level complexity (some call it “hell”). I also have massive respect for those people. I only understood the point of autoconf when I ended up reimplementing a fraction of it in GNU Make macros.