The wiki [0] explains fairly clearly why traditional macros can't be done, but also why Picolisp can still be as flexible. The backtick, tilde, and def operato

The wiki [0] explains fairly clearly why traditional macros can't be done, but also why Picolisp can still be as flexible. The backtick, tilde, and def operators allow you access to the reader, and something akin to macro expansion. You have the reader accessible, you can rewrite anything. It might just be more verbose. [0] https://picolisp.com/wiki/?macros https://picolisp.com/wiki/?macros