Re: converting netkit to autoconf?

[Dan Kegel]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: "David A. Holland" <address@hidden>
> > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:28:51 +0100 (BST)
> >
> > (1) it's a canonical example of the principle that software is almost
> > inevitably written using tools that are just not quite adequate for
> > the job. autoconf is written in m4. This is a big liability.
>
>
> You say poTAYto, I say poTAHto.

It's not quite that trivial an issue.  m4 quoting is a bit of
a bear.  (Although I'm not sure the situation would really be
improved in other languages.  Has anyone thought through
what the usability issues are with m4, and how they might be
addressed?)

- Dan