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My comment intended to show how macros can allow one to create syntactic abstraction. That one can accomplish X without creating new syntactic abstraction, or
by ataggart 14y ago
My comment intended to show how macros can allow one to create syntactic abstraction. That one can accomplish X without creating new syntactic abstraction, or that some language already has syntactic abstraction for X, is wholly irrelevant.
- Peaker 14y agoWell, I'm always looking for problems that are uniquely well solved by macros. Lisps pay a dear price to have macros. If their capabilities are covered otherwise (in ways that are not as costly), why have them?