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Re: macros and publishing

To: John Clements <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: macros and publishing
From: Geoffrey Knauth <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:15:24 -0500
Cc: address@hidden
In-reply-to: <1F02E9E4-007F-11D7-BEC5-00039311268C@brinckerhoff.org>
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OK, point taken, I won't mention TeX macros again!

On Monday, Nov 25, 2002, at 09:06 US/Eastern, John Clements wrote:
> By no means.  While I am a very strong supporter of a hygienic macro 
> system over a regular syntax (PLT scheme), TeX/LaTeX has neither of 
> these, and I've spent many hours gnashing my teeth, trying to 
> understand its funny hidden corners.  I would be appalled to see TeX 
> held up as the poster child for macros.

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  - From: John Clements <clements@brinckerhoff.org>

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