Why is LISP so well known for metaprogramming?
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Why is LISP so well known for metaprogramming?
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Because Lisp macros are really cool!

http://lists.warhead.org.uk/pipermail/iwe/2005-July/000130.html

Some people don’t like Lisp syntax, but it has several major technical advantages over its competitors.

a bigger advantage is that it makes it possible to write Lisp programs that reliably generate and transform Lisp source code.

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