C preprocessor portability question -- initial #

Roy Smith roy at phri.UUCP
Fri Nov 7 03:56:20 AEST 1986


	Back in the "good old days" (i.e. v6) a c source file was only run
through the preprocessor if the first character in the file was a '#'.  Are
there any systems out there that still enforce this, or is it strictly a
relic of the past?
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
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