wxPython and macros (was: Why don't people like lisp?

Kenny Tilton ktilton at nyc.rr.com
Sun Oct 26 18:44:03 EST 2003



Pascal Costanza wrote:

> Brian Kelley wrote:
> 
>> Kenny Tilton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> mike420 at ziplip.com wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Conclusion: you don't need macros here.
>>>> Moral: maybe you do not *deserve* macros.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> They are unworthy? :)
>>>
>>> You know, I'll say it again, considering the audience (Pythonistas 
>>> debating amongst themselves whether to have macros) Lispniks should 
>>> have emphasized from the get-go that one of the things macros do is 
>>> clean up code visually (as demonstrated above). 

>> could be solved with macros in a perhaps clean fashion.  Naturally, 
>> you don't *need* them, but they do reduce book-keeping and visual 
>> clutter in my opinion.
> 
> 
> Yes, exactly! :)

And to think someone said I do not know anything about marketing? Oh, 
here he is:

     http://alu.cliki.net/Erann%20Gat's%20Road%20to%20Lisp

:)

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