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From: bcatlin@aol.com (B Catlin)
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Subject: Re: Does Ada have macros ?
Date: 26 Mar 1995 21:50:47 -0500
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 hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker) wrote:

>Many implementations of 'generics' are essentially macro-expansions.

Yes, but what about generating large complex tables?  I think that when
most peoply think about macros, they think of the C preprocessor, which in
my opinion really sucks.  I was thinking more along the lines of the macro
facility in the BLISS language.


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