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Re:Asteroids in under 600 lines of Common Lisp (uses SBCL an... by rule30 on Friday August 24, 2012 @07:08PM (#4430202)
no macros? I'm no expert and I'm asking to experts: macros are one of the key features of Lisp. Should macros have helped reducing LOC or improving maintainability?
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Re:Asteroids in under 600 lines of Common Lisp (uses SBCL an... by sp332 on Friday August 24, 2012 @08:24PM (#4430526)
Disclaimer: I'm not a lisper. But according to Paul Graham, Macros are harder to write than ordinary Lisp functions, and it's considered to be bad style to use them when they're not necessary. http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
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