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      "author": "𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖝",
      "handle": "mmalex",
      "text": "i vibe coded something horrendous and I love it: a python c preprocessor  that finds blocks like /* python <arbitrary python code> */ in a .c file, runs the python, and dumps the stdout after the comment, replacing any old block if needed. im using it to precompute tables...",
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      "author": "Francois Laberge",
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      "text": "@mmalex There was a python tool for this remember as far back as 2000ish when working on a large c/c++ game codebase. Ah found it, it’s called Cog: https://cog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/",
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      "author": "𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖝",
      "handle": "mmalex",
      "text": "@seflless ah yes ! I knew it existed - it wasnt an original idea after all, but like a faint memory stirring in my brain - but couldn't find it. thanks for the link!",
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      "author": "NOTimothyLottes",
      "handle": "NOTimothyLottes",
      "text": "@mmalex @seflless Many of my forth-like languages worked via nested runtime code gen, so it was possible to generate+run code to build either code or data, then repeat. The system would bootstrap its own assembler/etc that way.",
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