Macros Matter: infrastructure for building new programming languages
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[2012-01-15 16:13:44] grunder20 - A big shot at ...
A big shot at programming. Good man.
[2010-02-15 22:15:40] studio2437 - Professor Findler ...Professor Findler gives a 50,000ft timeline of the development of macros in programming languages, culminating with the "Macro Writer's Bill of Rights" (Kent Dybvig), and then fleshes out the case for macros with the demonstration of a ripple adder, modeled in a language Robby wrote over the course of several commutes using the DrScheme programming language development environment. The PLT group continue to innovate and impress.