$vau: the ultimate abstraction (2010) [pdf]

Re:$vau: the ultimate abstraction (2010) [pdf] by ASipos on Friday November 09, 2018 @12:07PM (#18415928)

I would like to see a mature language using fexprs. They are what I first thought about when I heard the word homoiconicity. Macros seem inelegant in comparison (since there is a separate layer of code that operates on code, and also you don't get self-modifying code, just compile-time transformations).

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Re:$vau: the ultimate abstraction (2010) [pdf] by 9214 on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:22PM (#18417615)

Rebol family of languages (including Red) uses near equivalents of fexprs.

Here's a self-modifying function ;^)

  >> foo: has [x][append body-of context? 'x [+ 1] 1]
  == func [/local x][append body-of context? 'x [+ 1] 1]
  >> loop 3 [probe foo]
  1
  2
  3
  == 3
  >> ?? foo
  foo: func [/local x][append body-of context? 'x [+ 1] 1 + 1 + 1 + 1]

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