Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

[David Starner]

John Hasler wrote:
> 
> Marcus writes:
> > #include <foobar.h>
> > It does include them.
> 
> #include does not mean what it says.
> 
But it does. The compiler proper (cc1?) never touches the header files.
The preprocessor(cpp) reads the C file and spits out a C file that,
among other things, textually includes the header files. Under normal
operation, it then opens a pipe to send this to the compiler. 
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