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or maybe its the reverse? |
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Author: Richard M. Stallman Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ |
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Family: ScriptLanguage MacroLanguage Platform: Windows, OS/X, Linux, others License: GPL or maybe its the reverse? |
EmacsFamily editors are probably the reason that Lisp has been such a popular MacroLanguage.
Author: Richard M. Stallman Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs_Lisp Manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/elisp.html Family: ScriptLanguage MacroLanguage Platform: Windows, OS/X, Linux, others License: GPL
or maybe its the reverse?
Lisp is well suited to being a MacroLanguage. It is a complete language which is relatively easy for people to integrate or write their own. It supports both procedural and functional styles as well as the ability to define new concepts (via LispMacros?).