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   Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 22:08:16 JST Tariq

   So is EVAL the way to do metaprogramming in #lisp ?

   I've just come across EVAL in the beginners course I'm doing. But they say we won't be using it in this course.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 22:08:16 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @rzeta0 Lisp programmer since .. decades. I've never used EVAL for anything other than maybe implementing a REPL. EVAL is not needed for meta-programming.