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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
> One could argue that if NIP and TUCK were primitives, and hence didn't
> have the overhead of an extra layer, they would be more widely
> used. But the fact is, most programmers I know just don't think of
> them.

I use them when the occasion arises.  It's just not that often.