Re: macros and publishing

[address@hidden (Kragen Sitaker)]

Geoffrey Knauth writes:
> Since people use LaTeX macros to save significant effort in
> publishing, is that an adequate example that macros are not evil,
> but good servants?

LaTeX macros save significant effort because they permit abstraction,
not because we call them "macros".  Do LaTeX macros have a lot in
common with Lisp macros?  I fear I remember too little of TeX to
answer that question myself.

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