Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal to add fexprs
John Cowan 16 Nov 2013 20:10 UTC
Vassil Nikolov scripsit:
> (Common Lisp, and some other lisps, allow arbitrary functions to
> be used to define macros, and it is entirely up to the programmer
> to ensure that they don't "misbehave". Scheme introduces certain
> restrictions and so assumes some of that responsibility.)
Unfortunately, a Common Lisp macro programmer cannot prevent misuse,
no matter who cleverly their macros are written. At most they can
only make it less likely.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Is it not written, "That which is written, is written"?
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