define-macro, letex and expand
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:27 am
define-macro, letex and expand
The examples in the code patterns book don't do any justice to these special forms.
For someone like me who has come from run of the mill languages like Perl/Python these concepts seems to be far away.
Correct me I am wrong. From what I learnt so far, these forms resemble the true power of Lisp. (i.e the ability to extend the language to your problem domain). The docs which I see for newlisp just couples them with the definitions for the rest of the utilitarian functions.
I recommend 'showcasing' these forms seperately. More examples , more patterns and better treatment.
Cheers.
The examples in the code patterns book don't do any justice to these special forms.
For someone like me who has come from run of the mill languages like Perl/Python these concepts seems to be far away.
Correct me I am wrong. From what I learnt so far, these forms resemble the true power of Lisp. (i.e the ability to extend the language to your problem domain). The docs which I see for newlisp just couples them with the definitions for the rest of the utilitarian functions.
I recommend 'showcasing' these forms seperately. More examples , more patterns and better treatment.
Cheers.