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On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:29:03 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

>>>> I probably do far too much with a standalone macro processor...
> 
> If you're doing it for sport, though, there have been lots of fun things
> done with macros.  My favourite is an IBM 360 macro that would solve the
> Towers of Hanoi problem, and use the MNOTE directive to show the moves. 
> It generated no executable code - the expanded source code listing was
> the solution.
> 
> I've written a couple of macro processors, and the acid test for each
> was to write a recursive Towers of Hanoi macro for them.

I did these; I'll do more when I get time!

 https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:ML/I




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