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Then I misunderstood the original comment, apologies.

I agree with the utility of the approach. Given the narrow space the language can move, they actually placed the feature really well.

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Starting with C, we almost achieved what lisp can do in a few thousand lines of code in, what, 20 years. I don't consider this a success, especially since C++ standard is now one of the longest, subtlest technical documents in the industry. We created a monster.

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