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So I asked this on your blog but comments are moderated, so thought I'd repeat here. I like the article, but would really appreciate some specific examples on h

by jackyee 17y ago

So I asked this on your blog but comments are moderated, so thought I'd repeat here. I like the article, but would really appreciate some specific examples on how Ruby metaprogramming gets hairy compared to Lisp. I'm a ruby guy of about 2 years, but have only flirted with Lisp through a few small tutorials. So when do you run into problems with Ruby? Can you give some samples of code that demonstrate the problem, and how lisp's macros avoid it? And, does something like this (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948454 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948454) fix the issue on the ruby side? Thanks!

epall 17y ago
I haven't gotten far enough to demonstrate the icky part, but I should get there within a few months. I definitely plan on going further with both Ruby and Clojure to see how they compare in the end. I knew this whole “Lisp revelation” thing would hit me at some point, but I doubt I’m going to switch completely. I'd love to post again with both side by side to compare and contrast.