It has been said that stripping tmac files improves their perfomance. I tried it on s.tmac. It cuts the file by 48%. But on a real-life groff file of considerable complexity it saved less than 1% of cpu time.
This example suggests that stripping may be a frill that makes groff maintenance more complicated to little advantage. Does it make more difference in other macro packages? If so, a comparison of commenting styles might reveal style recommendations that would overcome the need for stripping. In short, I wonder whether stripping is an instance of gnu bloat, a disease that groff has generally aavoided. Doug
