Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:02:08 -0500 From: Daniel Weinreb <DLWeinreb@attbi.com> ... I don't think we're going to make much progress talking about small examples like IF and :ifNotNil or whatever. Macros are a heavy-duty tool for heavy-duty jobs. And, of course, this is the lightweight languages mailing list... --Guy Steele