Interesting: "Lisp as a competitive advantage"

[Dan Knapp]

> >   (if (not (< x 3))
> >       (assertion-failed '(< x 3)))
> 
> This is a good example, which cannot be implemented in
> Haskell.  "Exception.assert" is built in to the ghc compiler, rather than
> being defined within the language.  On the other hand, the built in
> function gives you the source file and line number rather than the literal
> expression; the macro can't do the former.

  Yeah, it's a good example, but are there any other uses for such quoting?
If not, then implementing it as a builtin is perfectly adequate.  (Not
trying to pick on Lisp; Lisp is great.  Just hoping for more examples.)


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