> We do a lot of metaprogramming in the Linux kernel, implemented with some often truly hideous macro hacks. If you do a lot of meta-programming… why not used

> We do a lot of metaprogramming in the Linux kernel, implemented with some often truly hideous macro hacks. If you do a lot of meta-programming… why not used a more principled approach like Lex & Yacc? Why not go all the way to design mini-languages and compile them to C? Or design C extensions and compile them to C? You can still have good debugging support with line markers. https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Preprocessor-Output.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Preprocessor-Output.html