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Posting Answers (Was: Re: Lisp Macros)

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From: Dan Corbett
Date: Sat, 18 May 1991 03:29
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cs16011@athena.ecs.csus.edu writes:


>Thanks for all the information!  Let me clarify my question a little bit.
>My instructor asks "whether macros can be recursive in Lisp and if so or
>not so, support one's answer".  When I tried to tackle that question I

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I hate to play the net.cop here, but this guy is obviously looking for the
answer to some assignment.

>then it seems
>logical that I can have recursive macros merely by controlling how the
>"to-be-evaluated" code is composed during phase one.  On the other hand,
>my instructor thinks that recursive macros will have the problem of

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The best way to really learn this stuff is to TRY IT!  Lisp is the most
interactive language in the world.  After a couple of answers were posted,
you should have jumped on the computer and checked them out instead of 
asking for clarification.

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Dan Corbett
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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From: dcorbett@socs.uts.edu.au (Dan Corbett)
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Subject: Posting Answers (Was: Re: Lisp Macros)
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Date: 18 May 91 03:29:40 GMT
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