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by saurik 5013 days ago
Simple examples are good for people to understand; however, the reason people want macros is usually for much more complex situations where you otherwise end up with a lot of boilerplate or repetitive code: a macro is most simply a way for code to manipulate and generate other code.

Regardless, if you don't like macros (and your arguments are common among people who don't; that said, they are also common arguments against using higher-level languages or even functions), then you won't like this project or any other project attempting to provide similar functionality. ;P