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> I see the claim of "you can write a macro to do it" for any imaginable feature all the time, but it is simply not true. Which is not surprising. Actually nob
by lispm 12y ago
> I see the claim of "you can write a macro to do it" for any imaginable feature all the time, but it is simply not true.
Which is not surprising. Actually nobody with a clue makes such a claim.
Still, Lisp macros have a wide variety of very useful applications.
> Yes, your language is extendable, but your extensions are limited to computation and source-to-source transformation at compile time.
Still quite useful. From relatively simple stuff which makes to code more readable to complex macros like ITERATE.
- Blackthorn 12y agoYou'll note that I never said it was not useful, but rather it was not this powerful magic sauce that can do anything. > Which is not surprising. Actually nobody with a clue makes such a claim. Most Lisp books make this claim.
- lispm 12y ago> Most Lisp books make this claim. For sure not.