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by sklogic 4005 days ago
> Compare that with Lisp approach, in which code is data.

It's not any different. It does not matter if your `(,a ,b) is compiled into (list a b), or your ` \a\ = \b\` is compiled into make_binary('=',a,b) - both are constructors, essentially.

Take a look at what I'm doing with just a quasiquotation here: https://github.com/combinatorylogic/clike