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You know what language is also homoiconic? Julia.

• wenus 4y ago
  ok
• savq 4y ago
  Saying that is pretty out of context. It's also incorrect. Julia has runtime code generation and hygenic macros, but it's not homoiconic. Clearly, x + 1 is different from Expr(:call, :+, :x, 1)
  • mindB 4y ago
    I tend to agree that Julia and other modern programming languages with hygenic macros aren't "homoiconic". Maybe GP is making a point about the title of this presentation? Read generously, maybe he's criticizing calling this homoiconicity by comparing it to Julia which originally claimed to be homoiconic but removed the claim from its website because of contentiousness[1]? [1] https://groups.google.com/g/julia-users/c/iKxqn-J9frI/m/QzaSQysu9BYJ https://groups.google.com/g/julia-users/c/iKxqn-J9frI/m/QzaS...
    • savq 4y ago
      He could be making that comparison, but I read the comment as "I use Julia btw", and that's what I took issue with. I wrote a comment to dismiss it and save face for Julia programmers.