I currently work at a shop where the only thing I do is program in Marcos b ! l might be a little biased because I specialist in Macro programming but I truly believe macros is the most cost efficient way of programming . Marco is as powerful as any computer languish from a simple bolt pattern to complex 5 axis programs it can do it all . Thur macro I created my own custom can cycles and complex code that can be as long as 5 pages which has cut down on programming time from @ 2 hour to literally 2 minutes !! Most people don't understand how powerful macro is but we are currently working on code that will eventuality make most of our programming automated !! It can get really complicated but believe shop should take a closer look !! It could one day be the future way of programming