Rodrigo B. de Oliveira wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Brian Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>  > projects now I can't imagine being that statically bound. My impression
>>  > is that C#/.NET has similar (if perhaps slightly lessened) restrictions.
>>
>>  I don't think .NET is any less dynamic than the JVM - you can load
>>  assemblies and types on the fly just like Java.
> 
> Assemblies are not subject to garbage collection.

A powerful distinction...classloaders can load arbitrary code and go 
away when that code and the classloader itself are dereferenced. If they 
couldn't we'd have a *devil* of a time supporting a JIT mode in JRuby.

How does the DLR get around this when generating DynamicSites?

- Charlie

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