domain specific languages

From: Lowell Kirsh (lkirsh_at_cs.ubc.ca)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:30:54 -0700

I'm looking for some info on why lisp is so good for implementing domain
specific languages. Does anyone know of any good websites on the topic?

Lowell

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