On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:46:07 +0000, Jackson, Rob wrote:

>I'll bite, since no one else has.  What's wrong with Interpret/Value()?  I 
>have used both to great benefit before, when there didn't seem to be a 
>good--or possible--alternative.  I thought they were both very nice features 
>of the language--to be used very sparingly (because I believe they are 
>CPU-costly).  What other reason not to?  Enlighten me.
> 
INTERPRET is an invitation to intrusion unless the programmer
strictly controls the source of its operand.  VALUE() somewhat
less so.

-- gil

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