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Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 04:20 PM 6/11/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:16:12AM -0700, Daniel S. Wilkerson wrote: > > > At *runtime*? You won't need computed gotos or eval anymore. You just > > have > > > one block of generic-looking code and you change what the syntax means > > before > > > it executes. Three routines in one! > > > >Before? Bah, woosy. *AS* it executes. > > Hah! Wimp. After it executes, retroactively. I was trying to remain well-defined. I'm sure its possible if you can modifiy it *as* it executes, and certainly possible if you can modify it *after* it executes, to define semantics that have *no* value at all. For example, the "going back in time and preventing your grandparents from having sex" situation. DanielThread Previous | Thread Next