Hygienic macros (was: do...until wisdom needed...)

[Steve Lamb]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 00:37:11 GMT, Brett g Porter <BgPorter at NOartlogicSPAM.com>
wrote:
>Hi -- for the non-LISP-ers among us -- could someone give a précis on what
>makes a macro 'hygienic'? A quick Google search turned up tons of links, but
>none that were explanatory (at least not to a non-LISP programmer like
>myself), and ESR's Jargon File doesn't cover it.

    From what I've read of the thread it is a system by which one would be
allowed to alter and extend the base language to include features/syntax not
present in the core language.

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