Re: [OT] Power of Lisp macros?

2002-10-24 Thread Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues
Luke Palmer writes: Do you think that Lisp macros make the language more powerful than others (eg Perl)? I mean, do they really give a competitive advantage, or are they being overrated (see below)? If you define powerful as can do more things, then of course not. No, of course. I guess

[OT] Power of Lisp macros?

2002-10-23 Thread Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues
Hi, Perl is my favorite language, and I'm eagerly following Perl 6 development. So I would like to ask this question here. Sorry if I'm being inconvenient... Do you think that Lisp macros make the language more powerful than others (eg Perl)? I mean, do they really give a competitive advantage,