>>I don't think the compiler is quite there yet, so till it is, there is an >>advantage to having a built-in hash-table that can run at compile time.< > > At the moment, what can the compiler do with the built-in AAs at compile > time? (I think very little).
I don't actually know. I was thinking the basics worked, but the point is Walter could make it work pretty easily by supplying a completely different compile-time implementation for the compile-time interpreter. Joe Librarywriter doesn't have that ability. One solution could be a version(CompileTime) to let Joe target compile time specificallly, or even a whole distinct interpreted sub-language for CT usage. But I think the best is just for the compile-time interpreter to grok all code that's grok-able. Just because that requires no extra explanation. --bb
