On Thursday, September 26, 2019, 01:08:35 PM PDT, Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, at 19:36, Jon Perryman wrote: >> Was the definition of >> "macro" always the same as "copy"?
> No. Perhaps you should read through: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_(computer_science) > and General-purpose macro processor Exactly my point that prior to 1970, macro's had some logic. C macro's changed the definition of macro to mean copy / substitute. C macro's do not support any type of logic and will only copy the text verbatim. Or is C using the word "macro" incorrectly? Jon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
