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Re: "Python for Lisp Programmers"

To: Michael Vanier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
Subject: Re: "Python for Lisp Programmers"
From: Morgan McGuire <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 10:31:49 -0800 (PST)
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--- Michael Vanier <mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu> wrote:
> The ease with which macros can be defined in s-expression based
> languages is the killer feature that attracted me to lisp and 
> scheme.

And, following up on your earlier comment, it is the killer feature for
XML style-sheets, which are just macros.

-m

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- Re: "Python for Lisp Programmers"
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