Hi,
In message "Re: REBOL vs Ruby"
on 02/02/20, Robert Feldt <feldt / ce.chalmers.se> writes:
|> Maybe it's mostly matter of taste, a man can program in FORTH or Lisp,
|> one can even love them. Yes, I love Lisp. And FORTH... well.. FORTH
|
|This is interesting. What do you think of Lisp-style macros?
I love Lisp, but Ruby turned out NOT to be Lisp.
Macros enhance language flexibility, but also hinder readability.
I believe basic syntax should not tangle in the wind. Language
flexibility should achieved by preprocessor or custom frontend.
I hope Rite will provide modularized frontend (parser).
matz.