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.
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