because it's probably the only language that offers 'general purpose macros'? (general-purpose meaning platform/language independent) EDIT 1: there are alterna

because it's probably the only language that offers 'general purpose macros'? (general-purpose meaning platform/language independent) EDIT 1: there are alternatives [1] but this is the most well-known. Now I'm intrigued by pyexpander. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_macro_processor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_macro_processo...