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Abstract: "Metaprograms are programs that manipulate (generate, analyze and evaluate) other programs. These tasks are greatly facilitated by quasiquotation, a technique to construct and deconstruct program fragments using quoted code templates expressed in the syntax of the manipulated language. We ...

Not a battle to the death, obv. Instead, an exploration of [this wonderful observation](https://vimeo.com/9471538#t=871s) (link starts 1 minute early for context): > I'm afraid that what this means is that the very attrbutes of Ruby that I find distasteful are what give rise to all the wonderful ...

"Some observers objected to Go's C-like block structure with braces, preferring the use of spaces for indentation, in the style of Python or Haskell. However, we have had extensive experience tracking down build and test failures caused by cross-language builds where a Python snippet embedded in ano...