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> With some simple improvements to the language, about 99% of the C preprocessor use can be abandoned and deprecated.

Arguably the C feature most used in other languages is the C preprocessor's conditional compilation for e.g. different OSes. Used by languages from Fortran (yes, there exists FPP now - for a suitable definition of 'now') to Haskell (yes, `{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}`).




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