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Homoiconicity is either a trivial property (we can define an AST!) or a not-relevant-to-macros one (probably best expressed as "we have quote", which is basical
by samth 12y ago
Homoiconicity is either a trivial property (we can define an AST!) or a not-relevant-to-macros one (probably best expressed as "we have quote", which is basically true of JS).
This post by Dave Herman nicely expresses the problems with homoiconicity as a concept: http://calculist.org/blog/2012/04/17/homoiconicity-isnt-the-point/ http://calculist.org/blog/2012/04/17/homoiconicity-isnt-the-...