On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 01:48:23AM -0800, David Brown wrote:
> Having something like 'eval' allows you to get the same effect as could be
> done with self-modifying code, but with a lot more safety, since the
> compiler/interpreter is helping you.  Macros won't help you modify the code
> that is running.

I wonder if some of the confusion is due to various groups hijacking
the term "macros".  We got Lisp macros, WordPerfect macros and CPP macros.

Chris

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