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`chpp' is a preprocessor. Therefore, its main purpose is to modify
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input text by including other input files and by macro expansion.
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What distinguishes `chpp' from other textprocessors are mainly two
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features:
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* `chpp' is non-intrusive. This means that you can take your
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favourite text and it is very unlikely that it will be changed when
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piped through `chpp'. Due to this feature it is pretty easy to
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start using `chpp' since you can just start writing your text and
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need not concern yourself with `chpp' sitting in the background
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changing it for no obvious reason.
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* `chpp' is not just a package for performing simple macro expansion,
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but can indeed be considered a full-fledged programming language.
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Most importantly, it provides support for complex data structures,
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namely lists and hashes (associative arrays), which can be nested
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arbitrarily.
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