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Minor correction: C code is extracted directly from the WEB. (web2c doesn't use `tangle`, the program that converts WEB to Pascal.) (Unless there's something I'
by svat 5y ago
Minor correction: C code is extracted directly from the WEB. (web2c doesn't use `tangle`, the program that converts WEB to Pascal.) (Unless there's something I've missed…)
- jfk13 5y agoActually, the Web2C build process normally used these days (e.g. in TeX Live) does first run tangle, to convert the WEB source to Pascal. Then the web2c tool (along with a few helpers) translates that Pascal to C.