On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:26:22 -0300
Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:

> > Variable capture in macros isn't necessarily wrong. The book "Let
> > Over Lambda"[1] by Doug Hoyte presents some interesting examples of
> > intentional variable capture in Common Lisp macros.
>
> Thank you! I think that's chapter 6, anaphoric macros.

Yes, that's it. Paul Graham's classic "On Lisp" covers anaphoric macros
too.

Paolo Amoroso <info@paoloamoroso.com> writes:

> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:26:22 -0300
> Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>
>> > Variable capture in macros isn't necessarily wrong. The book "Let
>> > Over Lambda"[1] by Doug Hoyte presents some interesting examples of
>> > intentional variable capture in Common Lisp macros.
>>
>> Thank you! I think that's chapter 6, anaphoric macros.
>
> Yes, that's it. Paul Graham's classic "On Lisp" covers anaphoric macros
> too.

Doug Hoyte mentions Paul Graham. He begins chapter 6 with

``Some of the most interesting macros from Paul Graham's On Lisp are
anaphoric macros.''

and promply discuss alambda:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; Graham's alambda
(defmacro alambda (parms &body body)
`(labels ((self ,parms ,@body))
#'self))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Paul Graham seems to credit Richard Draves for having ``rewrit[ten]''
alambda in 1985 (in ``Acknowledgements'').

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Several other people consented to read all or part of the manuscript,
including Tom Cheatham, Richard Draves (who also rewrote alambda and
propmacro back in 1985), John Foderaro, David Hendler, George Luger,
Robert Muller, Mark Nitzberg, and Guy Steele.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

On 2024-01-20, Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
> Thank you! I think that's chapter 6, anaphoric macros.

Breaking news! Evidence of amphoric Lisp macros was found in an
acient Greek clay jar!

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Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2024-01-20, Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>> Thank you! I think that's chapter 6, anaphoric macros.
>
> Breaking news! Evidence of amphoric Lisp macros was found in an
> acient Greek clay jar!

What's up? Are you saying the book is too old? Or I'm discovering a
very old thing? Beginners don't get the jokes. I also have no idea why
you misspelled ``anaphoric''---dictionary did not help.

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 11:18:12 -0300
Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
> Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> writes:
>
> > On 2024-01-20, Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
> >> Thank you! I think that's chapter 6, anaphoric macros.
> >
> > Breaking news! Evidence of amphoric Lisp macros was found in an
> > acient Greek clay jar!
>
> What's up? Are you saying the book is too old? Or I'm discovering a
> very old thing? Beginners don't get the jokes. I also have no idea why
> you misspelled ``anaphoric''---dictionary did not help.

I think it was just a silly pun/joke. Google knows about "amphoric" but I
think that "amphora" was intended for the pun.