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		6cxs2hd6 on Jan 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop Writing JavaScript Compilers, Make Macros Ins... Racket shows how, with strong module support, a whole "tower of languages a.k.a. macros" can work reliably. Else not so much.

klibertp on Jan 8, 2014 [–]

Also, macros in racket are lexically scoped. Any modern macro system should follow their design, IMHO.

dherman on Jan 9, 2014 | [–]

Agreed, and happily sweet.js is very consciously modeled after Racket.

klibertp on Jan 9, 2014 | | [–]

That's the best thing I read this morning and a reason why I'm going to give sweet.js a closer look :)

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