For Kenny Tilton: Why do I need macros revisited.

[Jacek Generowicz]

mis6 at pitt.edu (Michele Simionato) writes:

> > The CLOS MOP is a better playground, but Python has 
> > a clear win in that there is only one Python. If I really need the MOP 
> > for a project, I just pick a CL which exposes it. If I want to deliver a 
> > package any lispnik can use, I better not use the MOP.
> 
> Hear, hear, people who say CL is more standard than Python!

It is. The MOP did not make it into the standard, which is a pity, but
does not detract from the fact that the standard exists.

Actulally, the MOP is a particularly thorny issue, in this respect, as
it is _almost_ standard. :-)