Contrasting compile-time meta-programming in metalua and converge.
Fabien Fleutot, Laurence Tratt · Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University) · 2007
Abstract. Powerful, safe macro systems allow programs to be programatically constructed by the user at compile-time. Such systems have traditionally been largely confined to LISP-like languages and their successors. In this paper we describe and compare two modern, dynamically typed languages Converge and Metalua, which both have macro-like systems. We show how, in different ways, they build upon traditional macro systems to explore new ways of constructing programs. 1