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Wed, 27 Aug 2003
Dynamic explorations
Jon's post today captures one of Patrick's comments that I mostly agreed with:
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It *is* about how dynamic linking and binding works in a system. But how that works is intimately associated with the language design.That's how I was tempted to respond yesterday. It usually is, but not always -- think of dlopen(3). Perhaps Don is thinking that the VM environment can help in ways that are usually the province of the language. Then Jon goes on to amplify Patrick's point about interactive environments:
As programming increasingly relies on external services and alien environments, it becomes as much a game of exploration and discovery as of design and specification. I think dynamic languages and interactive programming environments help make us better explorers and discoverers, and I think that's only going to matter more as time goes on.It is very nice to be able to probe the system and test out ideas without the overhead of writing a new class, compiling it, etc. I have yet to experience an environment for a static language that is as usable in this way as a system designed with a REP loop in mind.
I have yet to experience an environment for a static language that is as usable in this way as a system designed with a REP loop in mind.
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Try CAML or PolyML
Posted by Alex Peake at Wed Aug 27 07:49:01 2003
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Try CAML or PolyML
Posted by Alex Peake at Wed Aug 27 07:49:01 2003
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