One more point that no one has emphasized: Lisps allow code to write code. Sometimes the way to provide an abstraction or generalization of a pattern is by writing a code-writer. Macros provide a convenient way of using that capability.
(On a project years ago, for every Java class of kind X, we needed a corresponding Java class of kind Y. There were many X classes, so I ended up writing a Perl script to construct Y source files from X source files. It was much easier to do that with Perl than to write a Java code-translator. For an analogous problem with Clojure code, it would be even easier use Clojure to generate the new code.) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
