Re:No Compiler – On LLVM, and writing software without a com...
by zeveb on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:22PM
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> This is the case in Lisp, for example, but Lisp is not (or not typically) compiled …
Say what? Lisp is often compiled; the standard extensively discusses compilation[1] and — to address your point re. performance-improving metaprogramming — compiler macros[2] specifically exist in order to advise the compiler, e.g. for performance.
So, no, Lisp macros are not limited to defining syntactic sugar. It's like I keep on saying: the Common Lisp standard from 1994 contains with its covers functionality that people still don't know about.
Say what? Lisp is often compiled; the standard extensively discusses compilation[1] and — to address your point re. performance-improving metaprogramming — compiler macros[2] specifically exist in order to advise the compiler, e.g. for performance.
So, no, Lisp macros are not limited to defining syntactic sugar. It's like I keep on saying: the Common Lisp standard from 1994 contains with its covers functionality that people still don't know about.
[1] http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_b.h...
[2] http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/26_glo...