# Qi++: Qi but with Real Macros **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** qi\ **Created:** [April 11, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-qi-but-with-real-macros/871 "2022-04-11T04:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
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[This section](https://docs.racket-lang.org/qi/Introduction_and_Usage.html#%28part._.Overview%29) of the docs provides an overview, but here are a few different ways I'd describe it: - It's a language that's _data-oriented_ instead of _control-oriented_ - It's a language where your program is a function that is made up of functions, i.e. functions are the building blocks and there is nothing smaller nor anything bigger (even literal values like `1` are treated as functions generating them) - It's a bit like programming with analog circuits, where the "circuit components" are functions - It's a language for working with values directly instead of collections of values **What can it do?** It's a general-purpose language but it is most appropriate for cases where you are working with data of any kind, and would prefer to do things in a functional way. [This section](https://docs.racket-lang.org/qi/When_Should_I_Use_Qi_.html) provides some examples of where you might use it. **How to use it?** The language is not a `#lang`, but rather, it is an "embeddable" DSL. This means that you can use it in Racket or any other host language via a normal macro, and mixing Racket and Qi in the same source file is easy. --- _[View the full topic](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-qi-but-with-real-macros/871)._