>it is the feature of the code being represented the same way as the datastructures it manipulates.
Every language can do this. You just don't get QUOTE. But any compiler can implement QUOTE.
Every language can do this. You just don't get QUOTE. But any compiler can implement QUOTE.
That is to say, the "quote" form in lisp is far more than just a string template, which is what it often turns into in other languages. That, or you build up a bunch of structs that you don't normally see.