[TUHS] [COFF] Code/comment Ratios Style

[Dan Cross]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM Douglas McIlroy
<douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> Larry McVoy wrote
> > Well, we had begin and end blocks.  And other than that, the whole thing
> > is a wad that is called per line.  That was definitely awk inspired.
>
> The way I have used m4, a program is executed just once from top to bottom.
> [snip]

I do not believe Larry is referring (directly) to M4 with this
comment, but rather, referring to the language he used for the example
he posted earlier, at:
http://mcvoy.com/lm/bkdocs/dspec-changes-json-v.txt

That language is, if I understand correctly, an invention of Larry's,
that drew inspiration from awk, and that he saw as an improvement over
M4 for the purpose of making bitkeeper emit JSON.

        - Dan C.