Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal to add fexprs Vassil Nikolov (16 Nov 2013 19:15 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal to add fexprs John Cowan (17 Nov 2013 00:01 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal to add fexprs Brian Nguyen (17 Nov 2013 04:50 UTC)

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.

--
John Cowan      cowan@ccil.org        http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
        Is it not written, "That which is written, is written"?

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