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Well sure, if you hand wave away the main benefit of sexps then there aren’t many benefits.

• eru 3y ago
  Oh, S-Expressions are great for certain kinds of things. I'm just having a problem with the concept of homoiconicity being touted as both coherent, and something that goes deeper than the very surface syntax level.
  • medo-bear 3y ago
    Have you ever written deep macros or only surface level ones?
    • eru 3y ago
      What do you mean by 'deep' vs 'surface level' macros? Do you mean something like implementing Prolog with macros in Lisp as a 'deep' macro? Or something else?
      • medo-bear 3y ago
        Yes
        • eru 3y ago
          I have worked with overly complicated macros. What about them? They aren't magic.
          • medo-bear 3y ago
            Maybe you can write a detailed blog post that compares making a DSL in lisp and a language of your choice. I would love to read it