>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> From: Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 06 Jun 2002 11:26:02 -0400 >> >> I could never understand why autoconf was written in m4 in the >> first place. this is not a troll, I would really appreciate a >> clarification. Read the doc! >> perl or, better yet, clisp (http://clisp.cons.org) appear to be >> more reasonable choices for just about any task. Paul> Well, partly it's because Autoconf was written before Perl or Paul> clisp were stable enough. Paul> But even if the choice were made now, it's not clear to me that Paul> m4 would be a bad choice for Autoconf per se. 100% agreed. I would still chose M4.
