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3 points by almkglor 5971 days ago | link | parent

> 'make-obj was inspired by obj and http://arclanguage.org/item?id=7387 ("if it's an idiom, it needs a macro") ...

Lisp boy: Do not try to abstract the idiom. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.

Newb: What truth?

Lisp boy: There is no idiom.

Newb: There is no idiom??

Lisp boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the idiom that does abstraction, but yourself.

^^