Python or Java or maybe PHP?

[Mike Meyer]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> In article <1136285678.276857.268840 at g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> James <fphsml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>I keep asking myself why isn't this more popular especially when many
>>prominent Python devs seem to be well aware of Lisp where macros are
>>done right. 
> You have confused "many Python devs" with Guido.  ;-)  Guido hates
> macros.

I vaguelly recall hearing that Guido thought about adding macros to
Python, and rejected the idea because he didn't want users to have to
deal with compile-time errors at run time. Or something to that
effect.

That doesn't sounds like "hates" to me. More like "doesn't like the
baggage."

        <mike
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