On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:22:52PM +0200, Mate Nagy wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 03:10:27AM -0700, Robert Ransom wrote: > > Scheme *should* be used for everything because at least one good macro > > system has been designed for it. Lisp macros can do arbitrary > > computation at compile-time, and the Scheme macro system required by > > R6RS provides all the power of Lisp macros *and* supports a > > pattern-matching macro specification syntax for simple syntactic sugar. > this is exactly the reason scheme macros are horrible and Lisp macros > are better for your mind and health. This is one of the humongous, > indefensible warts on the scheme language (the other being #f) whoops... i misunderstood your post as a flame for hygienic macros against generic lisp macros. maybe i've been reading too many uriel posts
sorry for the noise, carry on Mate
