It's probably a .net and Java thing. You can find some crufty Lisp macros from 1...

		kazinator on Aug 21, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing code that writes code – Hack Codegen It's probably a .net and Java thing. You can find some crufty Lisp macros from 1983 (code that writes code, par excellence) and they still work today.