[Chicago] Metaprogramming Puzzles

[Joshua Herman]

Write a metacircular evaluator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-circular_evaluator
Or in other words a toy interpreter of python in python.

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On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Jason Wirth <wirth.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Chipy~
>
> Does anyone have a good metaprogramming puzzle?
>
> I've never gotten very into metaprogramming due to the old saying, "if you
> think you need metaprogramming, you're probably doing it wrong." However,
> lately I've become more curious about metaprogramming, understanding how it
> could be useful, and learning the deeper workings of Python.
>
> There are a lot of books and online tutorials, but I find them boring and
> lacking in application. Rather than reading a guide, I would like to learn
> by trying to solve puzzles. Anyone have any good metaprogramming puzzles?
>
>
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