On fexprs and defmacro (2011)

[networked]

https://www.brinckerhoff.org/scraps/joe-marshall-on-FEXPRS-and-DEFMACRO.txt

[sillysaurus3]

Related:

Special Forms in Lisp: Fexprs vs. Macros (1980) http://www.nhplace.com/kent/Papers/Special-Forms.html

[hyperion2010 → sillysaurus3]

Thank you for linking this. It is a wonderful and vital reminder that the incredible tools we have received today did not magically spring forth from the godhead but were the product of years of experimentation, argument, and implementation.

[spillnoil7]

Another related link: http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2012/04/scheme-wi... fun article with implementation included