Example of Lisp Macros

Re:Example of Lisp Macros by kingkongrevenge on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @12:24PM (#1538)

None of these examples demonstrate something that can't be done procedurally. He never actually answers the question "What is the point of macros?"

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Re:Example of Lisp Macros by ecuzzillo on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @12:54PM (#1539)

You CAN do it procedurally; in fact, you can do it in Brainfuck, since Brainfuck is Turing-complete. The point is, macros let you stop repetitively writing the same boilerplate code, and let you get down to the point.

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