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([129.127.15.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l31sm1927085rvb.44.2009.08.11.19.34.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:34:03 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-5--993184963; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) References: <4A816AD5.30303@elzevir.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Spam-Whitelist: Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:03:58 +0930 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project From: Will Robertson Subject: Re: remarks on expl3.pdf To: LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE In-Reply-To: <4A816AD5.30303@elzevir.fr> Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-ProteoSys-SPAM-Score: -6.599 () BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.65 on 213.139.130.197 Return-Path: owner-latex-l@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2009 02:38:39.0725 (UTC) FILETIME=[FFF841D0:01CA1AF5] Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5899 --Apple-Mail-5--993184963 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/08/2009, at 10:27 PM, Manuel P=E9gouri=E9-Gonnard wrote: > 1. Concerning the terminology of "functions". Maybe it's worth =20 > mentioning at > some point that the word function is used in opposition to variable, =20= > not to > macro: theses two objects (functions and variables) remain actually =20= > macros, and > TeX a macro language (like make or C preprocessor as opposed to C). Except that variables really are sometimes variables, in the case of =20 toks, counts, dims and so on. However, you're right that our =20 terminology is somewhat at odds with reality in places; this is =20 something we should be addressing. 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