No macros in Python
Mike Meyer
mwm at mired.org
Mon Dec 16 15:04:05 EST 2002
"Anders J. Munch" <andersjm at dancontrol.dk> writes:
> "Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
> > Macros are a general-purpose mechanism. There are lots of things they
> > let you do. Lazy evaluation, infinite lists, CLOS, short-circuit
> > booleans, and so on.
> No, s-expressions buy you those things, not macros. Macros don't
> provide expressiveness, they provide speed and some convenience, say
> to let you write:
Since I can do those things with macros and without s-expressions, I
disagree. Well, maybe not CLOS.
<mike
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