> Macros don't get written very often. It's not how often you write macros. Just write ten macros -> ten syntax extensions. The Common Lisp implementation I us

> Macros don't get written very often. It's not how often you write macros. Just write ten macros -> ten syntax extensions. The Common Lisp implementation I use has around 700 predefined external macros. > against solving problems with macros (if they can be solved with regular functions). It's just that macros are for different things and for those are widely used in Lisp.