Here's the teaser, er, I mean abstract: "Existing macro systems force programmers to make a choice between clarity of specification and robustness. If they choose clarity, they must forgo validating significant parts of the specification and thus produce low-quality language extensions. If they choose robustness, they must write in a style that mingles the implementation with the specification and therefore obscures the latter. "This paper introduces a new language for writing macros. With the new macro system, programmers naturally write robust language extensions using easy-to-understand specifications. The system translates these specifications into validators that detect misuses—including violations of context-sensitive constraints—and automatically synthesize appropriate feedback, eliminating the need for ad hoc validation code."
Haven't read the whole thing yet, but it seems promising. On Sep 12, 9:29 am, Base <basselh...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI Clojurians - > > I found a reference to this interesting paper on macros on Lamda the > Ultimate. An interesting read by the our old friend Matthias > Felleisen who helped many of us learn Lisp..... > > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/icfp10-cf.pdf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
