Hmmm...
>> ? compile
No information on compile (word has no value)
>>
So is the note below simply a gedankenexperiment, or is this in the
works?
-jn- "Anything can be compiled, but compiling arbitrarily ugly
or complex code may not get you any benefits in time or space!"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> So, why don't you guys just use the 'compile function?
>
> fast-sort: compile function [data [block!] return: [block!]] [a [integer!]] [...]
> print type? :fast-sort
> native!
>
> <grin>
>
> Turns out, you *can* write a compiler for REBOL. However, to do so
> you need to make "promises" about a function. You, the programmer,
> certify that the contents of the function is indeed compilable (by
> not using very late bound tricks).
>
> The benefit of the above is that you can use the rest of the REBOL
> environment for meta stuff... like preprocessing what you will compile.
>
> -Carl
>
