Re: [Groff] Eric Raymond on groff and TeX

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> Macros come closer to "structural", but really aren't.

I disagree.  There is no principal difference between

  All your base
  .EMPH are
  belong to us!

and

  All your base <emphasis>are</emphasis> belong to us!

It's a purely a matter of syntax, not intent.


> They're more a shorthand method to save typing, and give
> control over the end result by allowing programming a macro
> file [...]

This is then the equivalent of the style file, only much more
versatile.