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+Date: Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 1988, 01.58 Uhr und 33 Sekunden MET
+From: XITIJSCH%DDATHD21.BITNET@uwavm.acs.washington.edu
+Subject: documented macros
+To: mackay@june.cs.washington.edu
+X-Munix-To: mackay@june.cs.washington.edu
+
+This mail contains the MAKEPROG system. The system consists of
+three files: makeprog.web, progdoc.doc, and progdocu.tex.
+
+-- progdocu.tex is a kind of user documentation, it is written with
+ Plain TeX and should be printed first.
+
+-- progdoc.doc is a macro package to document programs (e.g. macros).
+ This macro file is documented with the MAKEPROG system itself.
+
+-- makeprog.web is a WEB program that extracts the program part of a
+ document written with progdoc.
+
+I have added the file progdoc.tex, too. This file is the result of
+a MAKEPROG run over progdoc.doc. It serves for two purposes: on the
+one hand it is a test file for the makeprog program and on the other
+hand it is needed to print progdoc.doc if you don't have a running
+makeprog program.
+
+I hope that this system is useful to everyone who wants to write
+documented maintainable programs and not only tricky hacks.
+
+ With regards
+
+ Joachim
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ TH Darmstadt
+ Institut f\"ur Theoretische Informatik
+ Joachim Schrod
+ Alexanderstr. 10 Bitnet: XITIJSCH@DDATHD21
+ (Please try again if I don't answer ---
+ D-6100 Darmstadt our Bitnet connection is very instable...)
+ West Germany
+