> screwing around with functions and macros doesn't hold a candle to what you learn from the Dragon Book This depends a lot on what you mean. My first take is

> screwing around with functions and macros doesn't hold a candle to what you learn from the Dragon Book This depends a lot on what you mean. My first take is that the more you know about macros the more you realize what they can do. I don’t know what your takeaway from the Dragon Book was, but writing DSLs using macros feels very usefully powerful to me. I think you are undervaluing modern macros.