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[REBOL] Re: lisp-like backquotes macros

From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 26-Nov-2005 17:44

Henri Morlaye napsal(a):
>You are right, rebol is about dialects after all, and Ladislav's BUILD >function does the job very well (especially with the /with >refinement). However the built-in COMPOSE function is not inspired by >a dialected way of doing things, it looks more like the lispy >backotes+comma. I think it should either be more comfortable like >lisp, or completely rebolesque like Build. > >-- >Henri >
COMPOSE is not comfortable, indeed. What is needed is a good dialect. Any inspiration in that direction welcome, because sometimes it is much harder to invent a good dialect than to implement it. -L