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Re:ClojureScript, Lisp's Revenge [video] by nickik on Thursday September 18, 2014 @09:58AM (#8335209)
> Sweet.js brings the hygienic macros of languages like Scheme and Rust

So it seams to clojure macro system is more powerful. That said that does not mean its better.

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Re:ClojureScript, Lisp's Revenge [video] by klibertp on Thursday September 18, 2014 @01:23PM (#8336434)
Of course, Sweet.js provides means for breaking hygiene.

Also, Clojure macros are kind-of, a-little-bit hygienic, with their rules for identifiers resolution.

Anyway, I'd say they're rather similar in expressivity and capabilities, but I don't know both macro systems well enough to do detailed comparison.

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Re:ClojureScript, Lisp's Revenge [video] by kul_ on Friday September 19, 2014 @12:06AM (#8338951)
you can break hygiene in clojure macros using classical anaphoric macros. I guess that holds for clourescript as well.
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