Definition of "preprocessor" [preprocessor]

• Program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program (noun)

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• "#include is known as a preprocessor directive, which is used to load files .. indicate the start and end of file name to be loaded .. you can use "" quotes too instead of"
• "What about something like a #pragma preprocessor that would involve a string so that when the user uploaded the code to LP, LP would recognize it and enable Rosetta translations automatically?"
• "Also, maybe I could write a preprocessor to replace any comments with white space."