>>1
Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka moya!
V sadu yagoda malinka, malinka moya!
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Anonymous2009-06-01 5:44
Yeah, macros!! I've been told you can implement C syntax in macros, but I haven't seen any examples!!
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Anonymous2009-06-01 6:10
>>6
You can implement any language with lisp macro constructs. That's what embedded programming languages are. Prime examples are LOOP and FORMAT.
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Anonymous2009-06-01 6:30
With lisp, every line is aethereal. The young lisper is enlightened in face of such realization. That a 10 line simple lisp program may do from one written in another language, even if the other language seems more elegant for the task (noting seems), is uncomparably more. The lisper may start abstracting away and writing powerful utilities and a program so complete and flexible at the same time, by adding 50 to 100 more lines of code. The equivalent work on another language would be tremendous. For the lisper this is natural. It's so natural which takes a part from oneself permanently. When the lisper must write code in some other language, the fear of the lines of code that must be written, and the hacks (quick and often unthink solutions to a problem) that must be endured, along with the pain of not being able to write in lisp, turn him useless. He is truly stumbled.
Imagine yourself being time-travelled back to 1500BC and living there with others. That is what being a lisper feels like when I write in your language.