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On fexprs and defmacro (2011)
- sillysaurus3 9y agoRelated: Special Forms in Lisp: Fexprs vs. Macros (1980) http://www.nhplace.com/kent/Papers/Special-Forms.html http://www.nhplace.com/kent/Papers/Special-Forms.html
- hyperion2010 9y agoThank you for linking this. It is a wonderful and vital reminder that the incredible tools we have received today did not magically spring forth from the godhead but were the product of years of experimentation, argument, and implementation.
- spillnoil7 9y agoAnother related link: http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2012/04/scheme-without-special-forms.html http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2012/04/scheme-wi... fun article with implementation included