Re:Understanding Homoiconicity through Clojure macros
by zdragnar on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:57AM
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As someone with only passing familiarity with lisps and the topic of himoiconicity, I really appreciated the article. However, I kindof wish the author had skipped treating the quote/unquote attempt as a solution.
I spent too long attempting to reason through the syntax before moving on with the article. If course, if the article had been a simple conversation between myself and the author, I would not have been able to dwell on it and the author could have guided me right through it, but in the written format, it definitely feels like I was the target of a game of nerd sniping[0].
I spent too long attempting to reason through the syntax before moving on with the article. If course, if the article had been a simple conversation between myself and the author, I would not have been able to dwell on it and the author could have guided me right through it, but in the written format, it definitely feels like I was the target of a game of nerd sniping[0].
[0] https://xkcd.com/356/