Re: General Questions about Euphoria..exe file size minimum
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Oct 17, 2001
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On 17 Oct 2001, at 19:32, Martin Stachon wrote: > > > > I disagree with the no limits to what euphoria can do.... > > > > > > 1. We cant have Multiple threads in Windows. > > > > 2. Can't execute strings either. > > > > Kat, > > not mentioning #3: no goto. > > I don't think executing strings is important. > And Eu isn't the only language lacking it. > Using such fuction could be also security risk > Consider this example code > name = gets(0) > exec("parse(\"" & name & "\")") > > what if somebody enters name "Martin") call(#EVIL_CODE) ? Mirc and lua can exec strings, and i use it to do dynamic coding. If others will be using your program, simply filter what is in the string before it executes. > I personally hate gotos from my calculator : the programs > are absolutely unreadable, but this has been discussed before. Yeas, you are free to not use the goto. On the other hand,.... Kat