I am porting the examples from the macro chapters of Paul Graham's On Lisp (OL) to Clojure.

My ground rules are simple:

• I am not going to port everything, just the code samples that interest me as I re-read On Lisp.
• Where Paul introduced macro features in a planned progression, I plan to use whatever Clojure feature come to mind. So I may jump straight into more "advanced" topics.

Please do not assume that this port is a good introduction to Lisp! I am cherry-picking examples that are interesting to me from a Clojure perspective. If you want to learn Lisp, read OL. In fact, you should probably read the relevant chapters in OL first, no matter what.

The Series

• Intro (this post)
• Chapter 7, Macros
• Chapter 9, Variable Capture
• Chapter 10, Other Macro Pitfalls

Note: Fogus is also porting On Lisp to Clojure.

Other Stuff

If you find this series helpful, you might also like:

• My book Programming Clojure
• My blog series porting Practical Common Lisp to Clojure

Talks

I am available to give conference talks on Clojure. Check the schedule for an event near you, or contact Relevance (info@thinkrelevance.com) to schedule an event.

Notes

• The sample code is available at http://github.com/stuarthalloway/onlisp-clojure.