[Info-vax] C versus Macro-32 readability, was: Re: Listeners in VMS Basic

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In article <sckjmg$io7$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2021-07-13, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps it's just my illiteracy in C, but I find the code in this old 
>> database product rather easy to read.  To be fair, being the architect 
>> of the product might play some part in understanding what's going on.
>>
>
>No way David. There is absolutely no way the Macro-32 code is easier to
>read than Stephen's C translation.

Like the *readable* crap example if calling BACKUP$START!  

>
>If anyone else thinks the Macro-32 code is easier to read than Stephen's
>C translation, I would really like to know why you think that. Stephen's
>C code is far easier to understand than the original Macro-32 code from
>David.

What C translation of what Macro?

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