Darren New wrote: > Christopher Smith wrote: >> Darren New wrote: >>> Tracy R Reed wrote: >>>> Can you do hot swapping of code in any non-functional language? >>> It's part of the Ada standard, and implemented in GNAT, if you mean >>> changing code while the program is still running. >>> >> No need to step outside to second tier (in terms of popularity) >> languages. A kind of fundamental aspect of Java, and in particular >> things like JSP and EJB. Indeed, the only languages where this is even >> an issue are those with static binding. > > The reason I brought up Ada is that Ada is not what you'd consider a > dynamic losely-typed language. :-) > Binding != typing. Java is also statically typed (perhaps not as pedantically so as Ada, but it gives it a good run for the money).
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