dcorbett@socs.uts.edu.au (Dan Corbett) (05/18/91)
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------