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Article #3122Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 18:05
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 18:05
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In article <22MAR91.09242511@uc780.umd.edu> cs450a03@uc780.umd.edu writes: > (2) An 'Eval' primitive. If you need the semantics of eval, you need an interpreted (or incrementally compiled) language. As a counterexample, Forth provides for this tool but is not a dynamically typed language in any sense of the word. Of course, any dynamically typed language has an "inner interpreter", but that's a different beast from the outer interpreter that understands the source language. -- 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!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Dynamic typing (part 3) Message-ID: <3E6A.I9@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 22 Mar 91 18:05:54 GMT References: <731@optima.cs.arizona.edu> <1991Mar20.185308.8275@maths.nott.ac.uk> <22MAR91.09242511@uc780.umd.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 13