Re: Optical computing reference

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From: cliff click
Date: Mon, 01 May 1989 14:26

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In article <46500061@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

  [deleted stuff about not being able to access code as data]

> I am NOT - read my lips - referring to what is usually called
> "self modifying code", but rather "incremental compilation".
>                           Popular "compile and go" environments
> like Turbo Pascal also seem to use this concept.
> Is it just basically that some designers are rooted in the 
> old fashioned "compile now, run later" philosophy that they can't
> even conceive of this? That is the only RATIONAL answer I can think of.
> Doug McDonald

I have implemented several programming environments that essentially did
this - and I got a *LOT* of mileage out of it.  I vote *YES* for non-compiler
writers to be able to generate & execute their own code!
 
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Subject: Re: Optical computing reference
Summary: Code & Data access
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Date: 1 May 89 14:26:25 GMT
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