Adam Burry <abu...@gmail.com> wrote .. > On Sep 9, 5:06 pm, alux <alu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > But, @Luc > > "pushing the advantage of Lisp > > macros to the forefront is not obvious if the audience cannot compare > > with another (good/simple) implementation they understand well." > > > > Thats why I want to use a nifty metaphor ;-) > > Even your dumbest Java developer knows that javac (or ant, or maven, > or Eclipse, or *something*) converts their source to JVM byte code. > Finding a familiar example is not hard.
??? converting to byte code (machine instructions) has nothing to do with macro processing... Macros can stand by themselves without being embedded in a compiler (m4, ...) Or perhaps I miss understood your statement ? Luc P. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
