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Would an array language without the terseness, but with hygienic macros, fit the same niche?
by jimberlage 2y ago
Would an array language without the terseness, but with hygienic macros, fit the same niche?
- rak1507 2y agoI don't see how it could, the terseness is the point. I'm not sure how a macro system could really help. Did you have a specific idea in mind?
- jimberlage 2y agoThe thought was - if I have a long piece of code repeated, and I want it to be shorter, I can - Use a language that minimizes the code to write - Use a helper function, maybe at some runtime cost - Use a macro, turning a short piece of code into a longer one, at a compile-time cost Having a DTI (debt-to-income ratio) macro and a very short definition of DTI that looks similar everywhere in code sort of do the same thing.