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Questions about programs that read code in one language (source language) and translate it into an equivalent program in another language (target language).

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How do compilers implement symbolic (rather than textual) insertion?

From a programming language designer's point of view, how is "symbolic" insertion implemented as opposed to "textual" insertion using pre-processor macros? I understand the basics of how "textual" in …
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