[wirrbel]

I should have known better when I ordered the book.

Hoyte's first intention, writing a 2nd Volume for Paul Grahams On Lisp, which goes into detail about macros, is actually quite good. It just does not live up to "Volume 1".

And about the 1 percentile and "only the best" talk: Lisp and Lisp Macros are not really "magic". They are accessible to programmers like you and me and if someone does not bother to write them it is not about lack of understanding, but lack of time it takes to write them properly.

[hyperpape]

Interesting to hear. I don't have a particular opinion about the book, beyond having heard some praise, but I do think that blurb is assinine.