PP - A generic Preprocessor Alternatives

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   GCC C Preprocessor (cpp)

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   The C preprocessor implements the macro language used to transform C, C++, and Objective-C programs before they are compiled. It can also be useful on its own.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Gema

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   Gema is a general purpose text processing utility based on the concept of pattern matching. In general, it reads an input file and copies it to an output file, while performing certain transformations to the data as specified by a set of patterns defined by the user.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   GPP

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   GPP is a general-purpose preprocessor with customizable syntax, suitable for a wide range of preprocessing tasks. Its independence from any one programming language makes it much more versatile than the C preprocessor (cpp), while its syntax is lighter and more flexible than...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

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   GNU M4

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   GNU M4 is an implementation of the m4 macro preprocessor. Developed by the GNU Project, GNU M4 is designed to avoid many kinds of limits found in traditional m4 implementations, such as maximum line lengths, maximum size of a macro and number of...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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6. F

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   Filepp

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   filepp is a generic file preprocessor. It is designed to allow the functionality provided by the C preprocessor to be used with any file type. filepp supports the following keywords, all of which have their usual C preprocessor meanings and usage.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

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8. P

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   preprocess

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   A variation on the C preprocessor that (1) works on multiple languages and (2) encodes preprocessor statements as comments in that language so syntax correctness is not broken.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

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   Mozilla Text Preprocessor

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   The build preprocessor is similar to the C preprocessor, meant for processing files which have no built-in preprocessor such as XUL and JavaScript documents.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

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    tproc

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    A small yet powerful text processor in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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