Talk:Self-modifying code: Difference between revisions

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:Interpreted languages generally have (or could have) self-modification arrangements though these are usually via some special form or modification of the disc file containing the statements. An "eval" statement is a step further away from self modification. But Snobol contains features that could be regarded as self-modification (as during pattern matches), and also contains its source statements as a text array open to manipulation. So it is not just Lisp. If you prepare some examples, explanations will be needed for non-Lispers. But would they introduce a new idea? Such as demonstrating some desirable action by routine use of self-modification? [[User:NickyMcLean|NickyMcLean]] ([[User talk:NickyMcLean|talk]]) 20:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

::Well, Lisp can be compiled and have self modifying code as lisp doesn't really have code/syntax is the idea, a lisp implementation is an engine that rewrites symbols in lists, any way to specify lists will do in the end. [[Special:Contributions/213.10.204.39|213.10.204.39]] ([[User talk:213.10.204.39|talk]]) 18:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

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