code is data

bruno at modulix onurb at xiludom.gro
Mon Jun 19 04:28:23 EDT 2006


BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
>> Personally, I would like to see macros in Python (actually Logix
>> succeeding is good enough). But I am no language designer and the
>> community has no interest in it. When I absolutely need macros, I will
>> go elsewhere.
> 
> 
> One must wonder, when is that? When do you absolutely need macros?
> 
One must wonder, when do you absolutely need HOFs, closures, OO,
functions, or even structured programming. All we 'absolutely' need is
tests and gotos... (and love, of course !-).

-- 
bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"



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