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Article #2947Re: A comment on language wars.
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 17:09
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 17:09
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In article <2400032@otter.hpl.hp.com> sfk@otter.hpl.hp.com (Steve Knight) writes: > The "trick" to avoiding the necessity of an interpreter for a procedure in > a dynamically-typed system is as follows. [...] In Poplog, this is done by > the simple expedient of placing [type, lengthe, etc] "before" the procedure > pointer. You look up the type and make a decision based on what's there? That's an interpreter. Forth does the same thing, but puts the type information after the procedure pointer. -- 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!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!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: <E_-9UU3@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 11 Mar 91 17:09:06 GMT References: <R_V9_AC@xds13.ferranti.com> <2400032@otter.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12