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Subject: Re: structured assembler (BASIC)  [Really: C builtin functions?]
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Date: Sun, 20-Apr-86 11:47:47 EST
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>	What the heck is a compile-time function?  Real useful -
>	functions that return constants.  Come on now.

Whaddya mean? Macros provide compile time functions. I once wrote
a macro in ibm/asmh which yielded the sqrt of it's argument in-line,
another which ate lisp-like code and turned it into assembler at
'compile' time. Some constants are useful.

Probably depends on your pre-processor whether you have this view.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University