Now this is… post-hoc, Lisp-2 is the original form of LISP and predates the concepts of macros.
> And, if I may add, GENSYM looks a bit lazy and half-assed next to the scortch-the-earth multiple namespaces of Lisp-2.
I would agree. However in reality we have a system that is half-assed vs a system that nobody likes to use.
Though LISP macros are quite old, from around 1962...
Now this is… post-hoc, Lisp-2 is the original form of LISP and predates the concepts of macros.
> And, if I may add, GENSYM looks a bit lazy and half-assed next to the scortch-the-earth multiple namespaces of Lisp-2.
I would agree. However in reality we have a system that is half-assed vs a system that nobody likes to use.