[LONG, off-topic]] Interactive Programming

[? the Platypus {aka David Formosa}]

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On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Peter Trei wrote:

> >  Does anyone have
> >  information about self-modifing programs/routines?

Avoid them like the plage.  There a true PIA to do anything with.

> LISP programmers are much more into writing programs which
> build and execute routines on the fly.

As are some perl programmers.  As both a perl programmer and a lisp
programer I have never had the need to use self modifing code.  In fact I
would consider haveing to use s-m code as a sine that I have made a
mistate in my desinge.

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