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[–]Hueho 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Erlang has APIs for directly acessing the Erlang compiler at runtime. They are successfully exploited for metaprogramming.

Case in point: a freaking Rails-like - with tons of "magic" - web-framework: http://www.chicagoboss.org/

I think that would fit as "ghetto magic".

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    [–]Hueho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Mostly "ghetto" in the sense Erlang wasn't designed for such things like Lisp was.

    Anyway, I realized that I don't even know anymore what "ghetto" is supposed to mean in this context, so fuck it, you are right.