On 11/01/2013, at 6:07 AM, Dobes Vandermeer wrote: > As usual it all boils down to confusion about definitions of terms. Terms > like dynamisms leave the mouth (or keyboard) with one meaning and arrive with > another. Here's a pretty good definition from Wikipedia: > > Dynamic programming language is a term used broadly in computer science to > describe a class of high-level programming languages that execute at runtime > many common behaviors that other languages might perform during compilation, > if at all. These behaviors could include extension of the program, by adding > new code, by extending objects and definitions, or by modifying the type > system, all during program execution. > > Take note that "static" languages like Felix, C++, OCaml, and Haskell do not > readily facilitate runtime modification of the program itself, whereas > "dynamic" languages like LISP, Smalltalk, Javascript, Groovy, Lua and so on > can dynamically load new modules, classes, functions, and data structures.
Felix can load plugins. The webserver does it right now. The colourisers are loaded dynamically. Even the fdoc scanner and heading controller are plugins. -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net http://felix-lang.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
