Adding recursive macro support could transform Orion in a powerful language because :
Recursive macros woudln't be dependent on callstack because they would be translated directly in parsing step. I already see a way of implementing that : Tail call optimisation system.
Recursive macros would just transform some recursive code into simple iterative code.
(macro factorial (x) {
(if (= x 0) (return 1))
(return (* x (factorial (- x 1))))
})
Regards,
Thomas.
Adding recursive macro support could transform Orion in a powerful language because :
Recursive macros woudln't be dependent on callstack because they would be translated directly in parsing step. I already see a way of implementing that : Tail call optimisation system.
Recursive macros would just transform some recursive code into simple iterative code.
Regards,
Thomas.