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So use Perl :) The thing about Perl is that there is supposed to be more than one way to do it. Which enables you to mix-and-match different paradigms in a way

So use Perl :) The thing about Perl is that there is supposed to be more than one way to do it. Which enables you to mix-and-match different paradigms in a way that the Python philosophy doesn't seem to welcome. Or just use a Lisp.

omaranto 14y ago
Perl 6 even comes with hygienic macros, I believe. That should be much nicer than source filters in Perl 5.
- dstorrs 14y ago
  Perl 5 actually has several ways of doing macros without using source filters -- pragmas are one example.