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The fact that you can write a C parser in C does not make C homoiconic. Not needing to have a user level parser is like, the whole thing that makes homoiconicit

by Zambyte 2mo ago

The fact that you can write a C parser in C does not make C homoiconic. Not needing to have a user level parser is like, the whole thing that makes homoiconicity interesting.

eru 2mo ago
You can produce a variant of C, call it C', that has the parser in the standard library.
- Zambyte 2mo ago
  And then everyone would have a user level parser instead of a homoiconic variant of C.