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So you write it properly, then strip whitespace and any other prep for your "machine copy". Just like minifying javascript nowadays.

CaffGeek
– CaffGeek

2011-08-30 16:28:56 +00:00
Commented Aug 30, 2011 at 16:28
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Yeah - I wrote a program to reprocess source code like that too - back in 1986. Another thing I hope to never need to do again.

quickly_now
– quickly_now

2011-08-31 08:45:15 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2011 at 8:45

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