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Originally Posted by patrickg  True, but sometimes you just want to bump your work in progress, no? |
If you want it louder, then turn up the volume. No need for a limiter in that case. If you want to test the dynamics or add mix glue compression, then use a compressor.
Once you add processing to the mix bus you're making mix choices based on what you hear. So it's usually a good idea to leave the mix bus compressor on during the final mix bounce if you applied it during mixing or the mix could change too much. Unless you've overdone it, the mastering engineer will prefer to at least have the compressed version as a reference. We're talking 2-3 dB of overall mix compression here, e.g. an SSL style glue compressor, etc.
The mastering engineer does not like to be presented with a brickwall limited mix bounce. So adding a limiter during mixing will not give you a realistic idea of the final sound and you could be making decisions based on the wrong premises while you're mixing. Instead you should limit your individual tracks, sum compress, sum limit, etc. That will give you a much more controlled mixed instead of the false security of a mix bus limiter.
Things aren't that black & white of course, but that's some of the logic behind why not to use a limiter, and especially since it does not protect your from internal clipping.
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I just realized your quote says "during mixing"...it brings up a good question, where does composing end and mixing begin in electronica?
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Now that's a good question. Depending on your workflow there are no borders.