From: bagpiper@pnet02.gryphon.com (Michael Hunter)
Subject: Re: 9X and the NEED for preprocessing
Date: 22 Dec 89 04:40:24 GMT [thread overview]
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>I doubt there is a situation that REQUIRES the use of a preprocessor, but
>that doesn't mean we shouldn't have one. We don't really NEED a "for loop"
>in Ada, nor recursion, nor many other features that one programmer chooses
>to use while another does not. That doesn't mean we shouldn't have them.
We HAVE to have (some form of) recursion. There are some things that just
can't be unrolled.
Michael
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1989-12-18 19:09 ` 9X and the NEED for preprocessing stt
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1989-12-14 14:17 Bob Munck
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