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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:16:55 -0800
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On 02/21/2014 04:03 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
> With the addition of macros, Python would become a (remote) Lisp
> dialect. Defining macros would become more complicated because of
> Python's more complex "supersyntax."

Have you tried MacroPy?  If not, you should.  If so, what were its failings?

--
~Ethan~