Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!socs.uts.edu.au!syzygy!dcorbett From: dcorbett@socs.uts.edu.au (Dan Corbett) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.franz Subject: Posting Answers (Was: Re: Lisp Macros) Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 03:29:40 GMT References: <1991May15.203735.3850@csusac.csus.edu> <1991May17.053812.18600@csusac.csus.edu> Lines: 30 Originator: dcorbett@syzygy cs16011@athena.ecs.csus.edu writes: >Thanks for all the information! Let me clarify my question a little bit. >My instructor asks "whether macros can be recursive in Lisp and if so or >not so, support one's answer". When I tried to tackle that question I [stuff deleted] I hate to play the net.cop here, but this guy is obviously looking for the answer to some assignment. >then it seems >logical that I can have recursive macros merely by controlling how the >"to-be-evaluated" code is composed during phase one. On the other hand, >my instructor thinks that recursive macros will have the problem of [more stuff deleted] The best way to really learn this stuff is to TRY IT! Lisp is the most interactive language in the world. After a couple of answers were posted, you should have jumped on the computer and checked them out instead of asking for clarification. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Corbett Dept. of Computer Science University of Technology, Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------