Ann: Minimac - A simple open source macro processor

I've recently started an open source project to produce a minimalist
text macro processor suitable as a front end preprocessor for little
language compilers.


Minimac is a BSD licensed open source project written in ANSI C. The
project is hosted on Google code http://code.google.com/p/minimac/


Salient features and design objectives:
        * simpler to use than m4
        * uses an explicit argument stack, user functions are defined by
concatenation
      * delays macro expansion to the last possible moment.


Usage Sample:
Minimac's output has been prefixed with '=>':


        `greet`Hello friend`
        =>


        greet
        =>Hello friend


        `friend`George`
        =>


        friend
        =>George


        greet
        =>Hello George


        `friend`Ann`
        =>


        friend
        =>Ann


        greet
        =>Hello Ann


Cheers,
    Mark Humphries
[Take a look at GPM, the tiny macrogenerator that ballooned into m4. -John]

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