When to Use Macros

http://www.bookshelf.jp/texi/onlisp/onlisp_9.html#SEC61
(defmacro while (test &body body)
  `(do ()
       ((not ,test))
     ,@body))

There is no way to duplicate the behavior of this macro with a function.

It is true for shitty CL. But it is false for a Lisp that supports fexprs.

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Subject: How do you pronounce ``fexpr''?
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1. fax purr
2. feecks purr
3. eff expression (faggot)
4. eff ex-purr