Re: Appropriate case for a macro?

On Mar 31, 1:30 pm, Brian Adkins <lojicdot...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'll have to look elsewhere for compelling macro advantages. I may find them more
readily by coding more Lisp than by looking for opportunities in a
language that doesn't provide them.

Think of them more like a tool at your disposal than a solution
looking for a problem.

How are you using Ruby's meta-programming abstraction right now?
.

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