Do racket macros have more advanced functionality than those found in Scheme or Common Lisp? I suspect so, especially regarding modules, namespaces and scoping, etc, but I'd appreciate a simple rundown of what Racket macros can do that other lisps can not, if anything.
Additionally, Scheme/CL also expose the reader layer to the developer, and using this, is it not also possible in those lisps to create entirely new languages (not s-expr macros), such as Scribble? In other words, Is Racket simply a philosophy/convention of language oriented programming with convenient syntactic wrappers to this end, or does it more fundamentally extend Scheme to do things technically *impossible *in that language? Thanks a lot. -- Talk to you soon, Scott Klarenbach PointyHat Software Corp. www.pointyhat.ca p 604-568-4280 e [email protected] #308 - 55 Water St. Vancouver, BC V6B1A1 _______________________________________ To iterate is human; to recurs, divine
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