Do we use metacircular evaluators in real life?

In SICP, the authors define a metacircular evaluator of Scheme written in Scheme to change the semantics of the language. Do we do stuff like that in real life? In this episode, I explore this listener question.

Show Notes

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An off-the-cuff stream of Functional Programming ideas, skills, patterns, and news from Functional Programming expert Eric Normand of LispCast. Formerly known as Thoughts on Functional Programming.