Re: Q. on backquote

[Paul Hudak <Hudak@YALE.ARPA>]

    ...
    Fundamentally, it is a question of what is the need to quote and
    what is evaluation.  Note that Prolog doesn't need to quote, neither
    does the lambda calculus.
    
Please -- T/Scheme doesn't need to quote either -- one can usually
use closures to do what you want.  It's just that macros are useful
for defining *syntax*, and there's no reason that Prolog designers
won't reach the same conclusion.  Although I personally shy away from
using macros, they are generally viewed as a *feature* of Lisps, but
not necessarily fundamental to the language or its semantics.

        -Paul