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'''M4''' is a general-purpose macro processing language. It is probably most often encountered in the context of configuring ''sendmail'' or ''autoconf'', both of which use it to generate their inscrutable native configuration files.
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'''M4''' is a general-purpose macro processing language. It is probably most often encountered in the context of configuring ''sendmail'' or [[Autotools|autoconf]], both of which use it to generate their inscrutable native configuration files.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html GNU M4]
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html GNU M4]
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== Sample files ==
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* {{DexvertSamples|text/m4}}
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:M4_%28computer_language%29|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:M4_%28computer_language%29|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [http://mbreen.com/m4.html Notes on the M4 Macro Language]
 
* [http://mbreen.com/m4.html Notes on the M4 Macro Language]

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File Format
Name M4
Ontology
Extension(s) .m4
Released 1977

M4 is a general-purpose macro processing language. It is probably most often encountered in the context of configuring sendmail or autoconf, both of which use it to generate their inscrutable native configuration files.

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