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== Regarding runtime generation ==
I just wanted to state agreement with the anonymous edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First-class_function&curid=1163024&diff=254802923&oldid=254755387] removing the statement "A different set of difficulties arises when programs can create functions at runtime; if the program is compiled, this means that the runtime environment must itself include a compiler." Although it is possible for a program to generate another program in source or AST form and subsequently compile it at runtime, it is also possible for a program to directly generate machine code at runtime, and this is common in certain applications e.g. [[compiled bitmap]]s. [[User:Dcoetzee|Dcoetzee]] 12:30, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
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