Metasyntax/Macros

[Paddy McCarthy]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:<uk7cpjssf.fsf at boost-consulting.com>...
> paddy3118 at netscape.net (Paddy McCarthy) writes:
> 
> > "Michael Glassford" <glassfordm at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1053093806.15819.python-list at python.org>...
> > Isn't a consideration of macros just like considering, say, functional
> > programming, or aspect -orientated programming; namely just another
> > area of language design that should be considered (maybe it is - and
> > has been soundly rejected - I realy should read all of those google
> > hits... :-)
> 
> FWIW, at the ACCU conference in Oxford Guido actually said (to a
> packed roomful of people) that he was interested in thinking about
> ways to support the definition of domain-specific languages in
> Python.  So the basic goal stands a chance, though I'm unsure what
> the answer looks like.

Now that is great!
Its nice to know the subject is not closed - and at such an important level too.

Cheers, Pad.