On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:48:33 +0100, Adrian Ratnapala said: > > So the main (or only?) purpose of the macro is to save > > Better to say it saves cutting and pasting, which is a damn good > thing -- even if macros are an old fashioned way of doing it.
The biggest benefit of macros isn't saving the typing. It's so that if a change is required, you just have to make it once, not 35 times for the 37 times you cut-n-pasted it.
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