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7600  @c FIXME: Eventually will become a chapter, as it is not related to  @c FIXME: Eventually will become a chapter, as it is not related to
7601  @c programming in M4 per se.  @c programming in M4 per se.
7602    
7603  M4sh is aiming at producing portable Bourne shell scripts.  For the time  M4sh, pronounce ``mash'', is aiming at producing portable Bourne shell
7604  being, it is not mature enough to be widely used.  scripts.  This name was coined by Lars J. Aas, who notes thats,
7605    according to the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
7606    
7607    @quotation
7608    Mash \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash,
7609    wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See ``Mix''.]
7610    
7611    @enumerate 1
7612    @item
7613    A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or
7614    pressure@enddots{}
7615    
7616    @item
7617    A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
7618    
7619    @item
7620    A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
7621    @end enumerate
7622    @end quotation
7623    
7624    
7625    For the time being, it is not mature enough to be widely used.
7626    
7627  M4sh provides portable alternatives for some common shell constructs  M4sh provides portable alternatives for some common shell constructs
7628  that unfortunately are not portable in practice.  that unfortunately are not portable in practice.

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