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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: GNU Extension Language Plans
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In article <38lu1k$6kt@info.epfl.ch>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@di.epfl.ch> wrote:
> > 2. Eval must take statements in the language the user writes.

> Wrong assumption !

Huh?

> Eval is pretty rare.

Eval is pretty common.

> And building source code on the fly is a pain.

That depends on the language.
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