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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: OT: What was the first programming language to use
Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:13:32 -0500
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In article <m3y86yak0v.fsf@rr.trudgett>, David Trudgett <wpower@zeta.org.au.nospamplease>  writes:
> Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> writes:

>> An important difference between Ada's generics and most macro systems
> 
> A small quibble, perhaps: I don't think one can use the phrase "most
> macro systems" for the simple reason that (as far as I'm aware) no
> language family besides the Lisp one has a macro system (in the sense
> that Lisp has it -- they may well use the same word, but C language
> "macros", for instance, are a completely different beast).

Bliss macros are also entirely different from C macros.

A difference between Lisp and C does not automatically make Lisp
the only language with the right to use the word "system".