Jeff Dik wrote:
> The part "Running code at read-time lets users reprogram Lisp's
> syntax" caught my attention.  Is this talking about reader macros?  I
> believe I read that clojure doesn't have reader macros, so would it be
> more accurate to say "The whole language is there, _most_ of the
> time"?
>

Clojure does have reader macros, though they're implemented in Java at
the moment (because the reader is, too.) They're also reserved for the
implementation, though this may change in the future, if someone can
convince Rich that an user-augmentable reader provides enough benefits
to outweigh the potential problems.

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Jarkko

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