M4

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GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros).

GNU m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros).m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running
shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU m4' for generatingconfigure' scripts, but not for running them.

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