Is there a single stumbling block or do you feel overwhelmed by the broad API to the syntax system? -- Matthias
On Jan 18, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Tim Brown wrote: > On 17/01/13 21:33, Greg Hendershott wrote: >>>> Greg Hendershott's pages may be of interest to you: >>>> http://www.greghendershott.com/fear-of-macros/ > > Which is as close as I have come to "How to Design Macros" so far. > >>> I read that earlier, and it gave me the confidence to get stuck in... >>> maybe I read it again to give me the insight to know what I'm doing. >> >> Well it might help prepare you to understand something like Danny's >> solution. But unfortunately it doesn't specifically explain local >> expansion. That was only at the fuzzy edge of my own understanding. >> Still is: When I read something like Jens' code, my brain still hears >> "blah blah blah Ginger". >> <https://www.google.com/search?q=blah+blah+blah+ginger&tbm=isch> > > Do you _know_ how good it makes me feel that someone else "blah blah blah > Ginger"s with macros? > > Went through fear-of-macros AGAIN last night. I think I can cope with that! > It all sounds *so reasonable*... but everything anyone writes about macros > sounds *so reasonable*. Until I put the page down! > > I feel like one of those Zen disciples who just doesn't get it. > But quite often they do. After a while. So I'm keeping up hope. > > Tim > > -- > Tim Brown <tim.br...@cityc.co.uk> | City Computing Limited | > T: +44 20 8770 2110 | City House, Sutton Park Road | > F: +44 20 8770 2130 | Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2AE, GB | > -----------------------------------------------------------------------| > BEAUTY: What's in your eye when you have a bee in your hand | > -----------------------------------------------------------------------' > City Computing Limited registered in London No. 1767817. > Registered Office: City House, Sutton Park Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2AE > VAT number 372 8290 34. > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
