#Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, 5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger. But since this example took more than an hour to compile, I never went on to "G".

Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, 5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger. But since this example took more than an hour to compile, I never went on to "G".

#Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, 5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger. But since this example took more than an hour to compile, I never went on to "G".

#Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, 5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger. But since this example took more than an hour to compile, I never went on to "G".

#Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, ~5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

It's still compiling, but I estimate the output will be around 5 megabytes. Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger.

#Plain old C preprocessor: 214 bytes input, 5MB output

Inspired by my real-world preprocessor fail here.

#define A B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B+B
#define B C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C+C
#define C D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D+D
#define D E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+E
#define E F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F+F
#define F x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x
int main(void) { int x, y = A; }

Experiments show that each level of #defines will (as expected) make the output approximately ten times larger. But since this example took more than an hour to compile, I never went on to "G".