Re: Intelligent macros .vs. BITSThis is a discussion on Re: Intelligent macros .vs. BITS within the pl1 forums in Programming Languages category; "glen herrmannsfeldt" <gah @ ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote in message news:4YydnW8d2e7_k37anZ2dnUVZ_sKqnZ2d @ comcast.com. .. > The PL/I macro processor is probably more featured than > it needs to be. Symbol replacement and conditional compilation, > the two main features of the C preprocessor, are likely the most > used and most useful. The macro facility of PL/I has many uses: 1. generating constants at compile time; 2. insertion of debugging code; 3. replacement of names; 4. inline of code; 5. unrolling of loops; 6. language translation; to mention a few. To see some extensive uses, see Barnes' book.... | ||||||||
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 Re: Intelligent macros .vs. BITS "glen herrmannsfeldt" <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote in message news:4YydnW8d2e7_k37anZ2dnUVZ_sKqnZ2d@comcast.com. .. > The PL/I macro processor is probably more featured than > it needs to be. Symbol replacement and conditional compilation, > the two main features of the C preprocessor, are likely the most > used and most useful. The macro facility of PL/I has many uses: 1. generating constants at compile time; 2. insertion of debugging code; 3. replacement of names; 4. inline of code; 5. unrolling of loops; 6. language translation; to mention a few. To see some extensive uses, see Barnes' book.  |
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