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Because macros in common lisp are very easy to grok, which is not to say that common lisp programmers promote willy-nilly use of macros
by medo-bear 2y ago
Because macros in common lisp are very easy to grok, which is not to say that common lisp programmers promote willy-nilly use of macros
- nick__m 2y agoUnlike Scheme, CL macro are glorified template based code generator. If your not careful to use facilities like gensym and packages it easy to accidentally capture already binded terms at call site.
- lispm 2y agoIf we look at macros in Scheme R7RS they are mostly transformers on patterns. -> https://standards.scheme.org/corrected-r7rs/r7rs-Z-H-6.html#TAG:__tex2page_sec_4.3 https://standards.scheme.org/corrected-r7rs/r7rs-Z-H-6.html#... > If your not careful to use facilities like gensym and packages it easy to accidentally capture already binded terms at call site. Luckily CL programmers have heard about that and are usually careful about that.