From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-06-11T20:28:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Introducing myself and my interest in ruby


"Nicholas Van Weerdenburg" <nick@activehitconsulting.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40C92E6E.9040708@activehitconsulting.com...
> A compiler could attempt to translate evals into other constructs. I
> think most are simple enought to do that.

It's not the complexity of the statement but the dynamic.  How should a
compiler compile something that isn't known until runtime?

> Open classes and self-modifying code are another problem. Conceivable, a
> ruby class could be be redefined a 1000 times during a programs
> execution. Still, most cases are probably addressable by the compiler.

That might work.

Regards

    robert