From: Michael Schuerig <michael@...>
Date: 2005-09-27T11:21:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Fwd: Lisp macros

James Britt wrote:

> Joe Van Dyk wrote:
>> Whoops, this belongs on ruby-talk... Sorry.
> 
> I trust the accidental exposure to Lisp wasn't too traumatizing.
> 
> Anyway, there have been sporadic discussions both here and on
> ruby-core
> about adding true Lisp-style macros to Ruby.  My understanding is that
> while Ruby can do assorted flips and twists, it cannot do quite the
> same sort of things as found in Lisp (and I hope a true Lisper here
> can elaborate on this); I also believe that Matz is less than enamored
> with idea of adding this to Ruby (and I hope a true Matz can elaborate
> on this, too).

I'm neither a true Matz nor a true Lisper. The basic facility Lisp
macros offer over what is available in Ruby is that they do *not*
evaluate their arguments. Where this is not an issue, you can get very
far with what is there in Ruby.

Michael

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