[COFF] machine code translation,as mental architecture models

[Stuff Received]

On 2024-07-12 12:51, Paul Winalski wrote (in part):
> 
> Macros were used very extensively in VAX MACRO, both for user 
> programming and in the operating system.  All of the low-level system 
> calls for user programs were implemented and documented as macros.  The 
> OS assembly code made heavy use of macros as well.

I recall one place that used macros that were hundreds of lines long. 
They were a nightmare to maintain as they were so rigid -- not the right 
way write macros.

S.