Why I still Lisp

Re:Why I still Lisp by dzsekijo on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:36PM (#25983302)

This is a confusing example, because in a REPL steps of compilation and evaluation are interleaved.

Indeed, can you write a program for CLISP that works like this:

- takes one command line argument (a file name)

- reads in the given file, interprets it as Common Lisp code, expecting it to deliver a definition for the add2 macro

- then runs

   (let ((a 1)) (dotimes (i 4) (add2 a)))

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Re:Why I still Lisp by lispm on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:58PM (#25983458)

> This is a confusing example, because in a REPL steps of compilation and evaluation are interleaved.

The CLISP REPL does not compile, thus it can't be interleaved.

> then runs

It will still be interpreted and the macro will still be expanded at runtime.

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