[Info-vax] 8-bit characters

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/12/2021 6:59 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-11-12 18:45:57 +0000, Robert A. Brooks said:
>> What can be confusing in BLISS is the use of nested macros, where a 
>> single BLISS "statement" can expand into several pages of code.
> 
> Some examples of Bliss macros were near-impenetrable, and most easily 
> read with the assistance of the Bliss compiler listings macro 
> expansion.  Macro32 macro support suffered somewhat similarly. C's macro 
> preprocessor is comparatively simplistic. Not that I haven't used the C 
> macro preprocessor on Fortran and BASIC code. In some ways. Bliss macros 
> remind me of C++ macros and C++ operator overloading support.

C++ macros? Templates?

Arne