That said, my point about Perl seems to have been unclear. I'm not saying that Perl has a reputation for ugliness because people change the syntax on the fly. I

That said, my point about Perl seems to have been unclear. I'm not saying that Perl has a reputation for ugliness because people change the syntax on the fly. I'm saying that layering macros in Perl is problematic because they interact badly with the syntax. Ah, very good point, and well explained :) sorry for underestimating your first iteration.