[bitc-dev] Macro removal rationale

[Pierre THIERRY]

Scribit Pierre THIERRY dies 21/07/2006 hora 22:41:
> It could be an issue in the wide use of BitC. Development of Coyotos
> could be made without macros if there are concerns about their
> security properties, though other developments could be made with
> them.

After thinking a bit about it, it appeared to me that the versioning of
BitC sources will be of great help with this matter. Whereas other
languages suffer from the near impossibility to add incompatible changes
to the syntax, the versioning makes it possible to reintroduce macros in
BitC later.

Hopefully,
Nowhere man
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