HLL vs. \"HLL-like\" macro packages

[guido at boring.UUCP]

>/*
>the opti-miser is the programmer. gimme almost any compiler output & i'll
>hack a few instruxions off it. gimme the source for that matter & i'll
>generate better code than the compiler. dna is awesome!
>*/

You should apply for a job as compiler.  Seriously, don't you think the
real problem is how to produced the source in the first place, rather
than starting to optimize code which might not even work in the first
place?

	Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam
	guido at mcvax.UUCP

Much ado Nothing Happens.