Other languages generating code like Elixir does

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@mguimas

Which other languages can generate their own code like this, and which are not Lisp?

@michalmuskala

The main reason is that Elixir is a lisp-2 language

Anonymous functions, the dot, and parameters

The main reason is that Elixir is a lisp-2 language - this means that variables and functions “occupy” different name spaces, so calling a function in the functions namespace and calling a function in the variables namespace has to work differently. Most languages are lisp-1 (which means that variables and functions are in the same namespace). Some other lisp-2 languages are Ruby, Common Lisp and Perl. Being lisp-2 means that this code is valid: def foo(arg), do: arg def bar() do foo = 1 …