[eu-gene] Generative or not? cubo23

Antoine Schmitt as at gratin.org
Mon Feb 20 23:06:34 GMT 2006


:::::::::20/02/06::::11:45 -0800::::Jim Andrews:::::::::
>writing code that writes code

In LISP, you have these so-called macros, which is not only code 
which writes code, but actually code which _replaces itself_ with 
code that it generates, depending on the context in which it is 
called, and this only temporarily during one execution, and then it 
takes back its initial form until the next execution. Quite neat 
intellectually I must say, but difficult to debug.
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