i'm not sure i'm qualified to comment on this any longer....

but it seems to me that macros were very efficient (and as i recall) very
flexible (depending on how they were written, of course).

it also seems to me that the 'power of macros' made porting challenging.

so if your hidden agenda involves porting, then i think you'd want to do
the copy thing.         - d

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Robert W.Mills <
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> But what if you HAD to choose?
>
> > On 8 Dec 2014, at 20:41, "Tracy Pierce" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > No need to choose, you can use them both.
> >
> > I say use COPY bookname REPLACING ==string== BY ==newstring==
> >
> > I once went to pains to eliminate macro usage but I can't remember why.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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> > Of Robert W.Mills
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 12:34 PM
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> > Subject: [HP3000-L] Question for COBOL programmers
> >
> > Greetings to the -L,
> >
> > This is a question for all you COBOL programmers out there.
> >
> > You have to choose between using the Macro preprocessor and the
> > COPY...REPLACING & REPLACE statements.
> >
> > Which would you choose and why?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert W.Mills
> >
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