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From a language-user point of view, Trigraphs are an arcane but irrelevant feature, insofar as ignoring them or even being unaware of them won't cause any harm. [I only happen to know what a trigraph is because I read a lot and have a brain that randomly holds on to pieces of information with an iron grip.]

Never having written a compiler, I can only imagine how tedious supporting those must have been; and I would be willing to bet that trigraphs weren't even used much, because, among other reasons, hardly anyone knew of them, so it must have been really frustrating for people to support them. An Exercise in futility.




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