To be honest I think typst gets it mostly right, it puts a relatively simple python/rust'esque scripting language inside the document and lets you easily refere

To be honest I think typst gets it mostly right, it puts a relatively simple python/rust'esque scripting language inside the document and lets you easily reference between them. I don't think a lisp would have been a bad option, although I generally do not really like the syntax. Certainly it is a far better option than macro expansion.