On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 at 23:47:41 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
If this proposal is considered, it is required to propose to
look
at the implementation of macros in Nemerle. Many believe that it
is in Nemerle macros implemented the most successful compared to
other modern languages. Of course, the most successful macros
are
implemented in Lisp, but the syntax of the language is poor :)
The problem with declarative macro system is that you would need
to learn yet another language. Possibly turing-complete. And a
declarative turing-complete language is an overkill both for
usage and implementation. Imperative macros get it done in an
intuitive way in the existing language.
