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RE: LISP-like expressions

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Mar 05, 2004
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Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
> That is only one aspect of first-class objects. You still won't be able 
> to create new routines at runtime and have them execute in the same 
> address space as the application (eg. have them share variables). With 
> using routine-id, you can only deal with routines that already exist at 
> runtime. There is a convoluted method of doing this in WIndows/Linux 
> environments, but it involves compiling a new routine as a shared 
> library (eg. a Windows DLL) at runtime then loading that library, then 
> running the routine - not a pretty method at all.
> 

Not sure I understand.  In a functional programming context, aren't any 
new functions you make going to be built up from (combinations of) 
existing functions & operators?  You can do that with routine_id().  
What kind of scenarios are you talking about?