merits of Lisp vs Python

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:41:12 -0500, Ken Tilton wrote:

>> I know that. It was more of a rhetorical question -- Lispers are either
>> trying to emphasis the radical nature of what you can do with macros, or
>> understate it and make them seem just like functions. 
> 
> Yep, both. The first is rare. CLOS is one, my Cells (ported this summer 
> to PyCells as part of SoC 2006) is another. The latter is the norm.

If macros' advanced usage is rare, and most usage of macros could be done
by functions, then maybe that explains why so many coders don't miss them.


-- 
Steven.