[plt-scheme] fun with define-syntax

From: Noel Welsh (noelwelsh at yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 7 08:07:26 EST 2003

--- Michael Vanier <mvanier at cs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> I wonder why scheme doesn't
> include this form right off the bat; I think
> beginners would find it less
> confusing than the normal if.  

Well you only need begin if you have side-effects, and
most beginner's programs don't (at least in the
typical way things are taught).
 
> Hygienic macros rule.

Indeed they do!

Noel

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