OpenEuphoria

Re: Interpret()

• Posted by Anders Eurenius <c96aes at OXE.CS.UMU.SE> Jun 11, 1997
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>> Is Euphoria a compiled or interpreted language? From what I understand it is
>> compiled... (Sources are compiled before actually run) But if the compiler is
>> left in memory after the compilation is complete, what prevents us from using
>> it again? I think that an interpret-function would really kick ass... (as I'v
e
>> seen it do elsewhere)

> I have also asked after this topic, as i need it for a complex
> roleplaying game.

Oh yeah? Mail me some sneak specs/idea!

> He replied that it may be easier to make a routine that can call other
> routines than to make a interpreter routine.

Oh. Ok, I've seen this work. ML uses that (and treating functions as a
datatype) for almost everything.

> Still an interpreter routine would be MOST PERFECT :)

Yeah... You can do a lot of kinky things with interpret(). Like for example
self-modifying code...

>> Anders
>  Augorian (Mark Honnor)
   Anders

/Anders
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