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Lisp and elixir, Julia are all fps with macros? Hell even Erlang has macros
by throwawaymaths 2y ago
Lisp and elixir, Julia are all fps with macros? Hell even Erlang has macros
- Alupis 2y agoI was speaking to the ORM situation, or lack-thereof the parent seemed to be expressing. Regarding macros - Gleam has stated they are interested in adding metaprogramming, but it's not a huge priority because of the goals of the language. Macros, and metaprogramming in general have a tendency to complicate a language, and encourages ad-hoc DSL's. One of Gleam's goals is to be dead simple to pick up, read, and contribute - metaprogramming makes that much harder. Macros are not necessary, even if their absence is a bit of a shock at first. I used to firmly think they were necessary, but now my mind has changed on this for the most part.