tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post2660348566998832548..comments2024-01-07T23:21:32.676+01:00Comments on The Axis of Eval: When somebody says 'but Clojure will bring more people to Lisp'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-86882857735233486532015-12-25T15:00:24.223+01:002015-12-25T15:00:24.223+01:00Lisp is an end [in] itself because of macros i.e.,...Lisp is an end [in] itself because of macros i.e., code rewriting. No other [kind] of language has such an extensive, essential, defining feature: easy, straightforward code-rewriting as a foundational feature of the language. Yes, you can do metaprogramming in C++, but templates were not designed for metaprogramming; instead, metaprogramming was discovered to be possible after templates were designed, and only by a twisted exercise in endocrinology. Etc. A Breaking Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115031720080635093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-67495658493261006462012-07-20T03:21:34.704+02:002012-07-20T03:21:34.704+02:00since when is Lisp an end on itself? :)since when is Lisp an end on itself? :)vemvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353898324166783195noreply@blogger.com