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• a macro system is a lightweight compiler API

  • attributed-to: 👤Matthew Flatt

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  • Source: p.8 of this paper by 👤Shriram Krishnamurthi: cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/sk-automata-macros/paper.pdf

    • A useful slogan for Scheme’s macro system is that it’s a lightweight compiler API.

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    • Due to Matthew Flatt, and quite possibly others too.