The most interesting part about Lisp is homoiconicity:
(+ 1 1 2) is literally a list with symbol “+” and 3 numbers.
Which allows to build the most powerful macro possible, manipulating code (with data as a tree-like structures) and changing it into whatever else at compile time.
Now if only there was any good use for macros, this would be the best language 🙃
Sure it’s not like it has no uses, but it’s something languages have built-in as syntax sugar or operators, and you rarely need to built your own macro for anything.
The most interesting part about Lisp is homoiconicity:
(+ 1 1 2) is literally a list with symbol “+” and 3 numbers.
Which allows to build the most powerful macro possible, manipulating code (with data as a tree-like structures) and changing it into whatever else at compile time.
Now if only there was any good use for macros, this would be the best language 🙃
Threading is a great case for a macro.
(-> x (* 2) (/ 3) (- 1))Is the same as
(- (/ (* x 2) 3) 1)Sure it’s not like it has no uses, but it’s something languages have built-in as syntax sugar or operators, and you rarely need to built your own macro for anything.
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What does it have to do with lisp?
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