Why don't people like lisp?

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:11:30 -0400, Joe Marshall wrote:

> So if we extended Lisp, for example, I could write:

> (defun pythagorean-triples (n)
>   (all-values
>     (let ((opposite (an-integer-between 1 n))
>           (adjacent (an-integer-between 1 n))
>           (hypotenuse (an-integer-between 1 n)))
>       (if (= (+ (* opposite opposite)
>                 (* adjacent adjacent))
>              (* hypotenuse hypotenuse))
>           (list opposite adjacent hypotenuse)
>           (fail)))))

How to write such macros in Lisp? Looks like they would require non-local
rewriting of program structure, I don't see how it's possible at all.

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