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I would heartily agree that some syntax is preferable to none ... when you're writing code in general. However, little or no syntax is a huge advantage when you
by breadbox 9y ago
I would heartily agree that some syntax is preferable to none ... when you're writing code in general. However, little or no syntax is a huge advantage when you're writing code that writes code. That's what makes Lisp so powerful.
- eternauta3k 9y agoWhy not have sugar for the human and s-expr for macros?
- flavio81 9y agoThen you would have to know two languages at the same time: the sugary one and the macro one. Having exactly the same languages makes macro writing really easy.