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> An inherent problem with Javascript is that it has no macro support, unlike other Lisp like languages. http://sweetjs.org/ http://sweetjs.org/ There are mac
by grayrest 11y ago
> An inherent problem with Javascript is that it has no macro support, unlike other Lisp like languages.
http://sweetjs.org/ http://sweetjs.org/
There are macro systems for Javascript, just not native ones.
- JoelMcCracken 11y agoNot that you're wrong -- you're correct -- but I want to bring up that this was likely true at the time this was written. LispyScript has been around for a while.
- drunkcatsdgaf 11y agoFirst commit for lispy - march 5, 2012 First commit for sweet.js - August 1, 2012 im actually pretty shocked they are that close together.
- JoelMcCracken 11y agoI bet they both started around the time CoffeeScript started to get big -- it showed there was a market for compile-to-js-but-almost-js langs.
- amirouche 11y agoThe website is down right now. https://github.com/mozilla/sweet.js https://github.com/mozilla/sweet.js