I never said that Lisp macros were anything like assembly macros. I was referring to a macro assembly language as a list of opcodes (function calls) and macros.

I never said that Lisp macros were anything like assembly macros. I was referring to a macro assembly language as a list of opcodes (function calls) and macros. I am quite a fan of Lisp macros which are much more flexible as you can create code at compile time from a Lisp program. I also know that Lisp or assembler can do anything/everything. I don't like polish notation or the lack of structure in Lisp programs. Everything is a function (with only a couple of exceptions).