Re: Structured Macros Infinite Loop Warning

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From: john gilmore
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:49

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I am strongly reminded of certain 13th century discussions of the question
whether archangels, in moving from A to B, traverse the space between A and
B.

Those who find these macros perspicuous should use them, and those who can
produce lucid code without using them are of course free to dispense with
their use.

This said, it has been my experience that they have an important pedagogic
role to play: novices learn faster using them than not using them, and the
ad interim code they produce using them is much better than it would
otherwise be.

John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721
USA

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