Re: How the backquote and the comma really work?

[tomas]

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On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 06:48:56AM -0700, Drew Adams wrote:
> > To put a slightly different slant than the other very good answers

[...]

> Good explanation.

Thanks :-)

I learnt quite a bit from the other explanations too. The view
angle I exposed is due to my fascination with these very special
traits of The Lisps -- having one "clay" from which everything is
made (including programs!), the S-expressions, and offering
whatever the machine has under the hood as building blocks (as
far as possible).

In this case, not offer a "macro machinery", but a template
expander and a hook in the evaluator where (surprise!) this
very template expander fits in. But you can use this template
expander for your other mischievous ideas (like, for example,
writing templated HTML if you're so inclined).

Gotta love that.

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