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I guess this is why macros aren't the be-all end-all solution to problems in language design: It's difficult to construct tooling around them.

It could be argued that "functions" are a form of programming language extension that are friendlier to tools. For programming-language fascinated beginners, this could be a good way of motivating "functions" as a language feature.




I agree, and I would love to see more exploration of this in non-toy programming languages for sure.




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