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I don't get why -> syntax is used if part of the goal is homoiconicity. Nitpicking aside, I fully approve of the goals and look forward to browsing the source.
by pi18n 13y ago
I don't get why -> syntax is used if part of the goal is homoiconicity.
Nitpicking aside, I fully approve of the goals and look forward to browsing the source.
- hermanhermitage 13y agoUsing infix -> doesn't break homoiconicity. The program is still encoded as sexprs.
- pi18n 13y agoIt seems like it would mess with macros, because you'd now need to parse the sexpr to make sure it isn't a ->. And what is the point of homoiconicity if you cannot easily rewrite any given expression? I dunno, it strikes me as odd, but there's also a high chance I'm missing something important about ->'s.