<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Anyone have any exemplary macros for Dan Weinreb? See his message below.<div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dan Weinreb <<a href="mailto:dlw@itasoftware.com">dlw@itasoftware.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 12, 2008 9:09:37 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Soliciting examples of Lisp macros</b></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Many of the good ideas that came from Lisp, such as garbage<br>collection, are now available in other languages. One of the key<br>ideas of Lisp that's still hard to find in other languages is the Lisp<br>macro system, and all it can do.<br><br>When I am talking to non-Lisp people about Lisp, I often make this<br>point, but they are often skeptical about how useful Lisp macros<br>really are. <br>I'd like to put together a presentation that demonstrates some of<br>the great things you can do with Lisp macros.<br><br>Unfortunately, many of the coolest uses of Lisp macros are rather big<br>and complicated. I need examples that are small and easy to explain,<br>for my purposes here.<br><br>If you have any cool, novel examples of Lisp macros, I'd very much<br>appreciate it if you could send them to me.<br><br>Thanks very much.<br><br>-- Dan<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>