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Article #2945Re: A comment on language wars.
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 17:05
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 17:05
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In article <1991Mar10.145908.10575@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) writes: > Definition of an interpreter: > A case statement inside a do loop. > Anything that examines a sequence of data items and makes a series of > decisions based on what it finds there..."That's an interpreter!" How explicit does the do loop have to be? A jump table that you dive into on a periodic basis, with a bunch of raw code around it? That's basically what object-oriented languages use. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: A comment on language wars. Message-ID: <B_-9LP3@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 11 Mar 91 17:05:51 GMT References: <R_V9_AC@xds13.ferranti.com> <MARKF.91Mar6122504@montreux.ai.mit.edu> <7HY9P4G@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991Mar10.145908.10575@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14