I've been reading an article published in E-Week entitled "Microsoft
Lures Open-Source Programmer", which contains a definition for dynamic
languages as follows:
"Dynamic programming languages enable programs to change their
structure as they run."
I wonder if this definition is correct.
Can we define dynamic languages this way? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1636906,00.asp 11 1868
"Neuruss" <lu****@gmx.net > wrote in message
news:27******** *************** **@posting.goog le.com... I've been reading an article published in E-Week entitled "Microsoft Lures Open-Source Programmer", which contains a definition for dynamic languages as follows:
"Dynamic programming languages enable programs to change their structure as they run."
I wonder if this definition is correct. Can we define dynamic languages this way?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1636906,00.asp
I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language
that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
They probably are referring to programs that can add and remove components
during runtime.
Tom
"Tom B." <sb******@comms peed.net> wrote in message news:<10******* ********@news.c ommspeed.net>.. . I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
They probably are referring to programs that can add and remove components during runtime.
Dynamic refers to the typing of variables. In Python variables get a
type dynamically when assigned a value.
See also: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4639
and several blog posting of Bruce Eckel on this subject: http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/
Marcel.
"Marcel van den Dungen" <m_********@yah oo.com> wrote in message
news:98******** *************** **@posting.goog le.com... "Tom B." <sb******@comms peed.net> wrote in message
news:<10******* ********@news.c ommspeed.net>.. . I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
They probably are referring to programs that can add and remove
components during runtime.
Dynamic refers to the typing of variables. In Python variables get a type dynamically when assigned a value. See also: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4639 and several blog posting of Bruce Eckel on this subject: http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/
Marcel.
Those languages are called dynamically typed languages, this implies that
there is a statically typed language, which there is.
All languages are dynamic, this slang is bad computer science. There is no
such thing as a static computer language.
Tom
Tom B. wrote: I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
During my "education" at my school of unfortunate choice I had to learn
the script of the damned... sorry, COBOL. I learned that it has indeed
gone through some developments in the past years ie COBOL now is object
oriented COBOL.
It *should* be dead though, but companies don't want to develope any new
systems. So, they fund a programming program at some local college at
"suggest" that they include it so that they have a work force availible
to make changes to there system.
That of course doesn't mean that this certain company's COBOL programmer
lasts on average < 6 months. Which certainly is the case. Quite
frankly I don't know how they last so long.
"Reid Nichol" <rn*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:rc******** **********@news 1.mts.net... Tom B. wrote: I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL). During my "education" at my school of unfortunate choice I had to learn the script of the damned... sorry, COBOL. I learned that it has indeed gone through some developments in the past years ie COBOL now is object oriented COBOL.
It *should* be dead though, but companies don't want to develope any new systems. So, they fund a programming program at some local college at "suggest" that they include it so that they have a work force availible to make changes to there system.
That of course doesn't mean that this certain company's COBOL programmer lasts on average < 6 months. Which certainly is the case. Quite frankly I don't know how they last so long.
I figured that I wouldn't be able to find any truly dead computer
language. I met a technician at U of Minnesota Physics department who
collected PDP11's and programmed only in fourth. When I asked him why he
replied, 'If I don't do it who will'.
Tom
Marcel van den Dungen wrote: "Tom B." <sb******@comms peed.net> wrote in message news:<10******* ********@news.c ommspeed.net>.. .
I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
They probably are referring to programs that can add and remove components during runtime.
Dynamic refers to the typing of variables. In Python variables get a type dynamically when assigned a value. See also: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4639 and several blog posting of Bruce Eckel on this subject: http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/
Personally, I think the definition can go a little further. In Python,
if you were so inclined, you could generate completely new functionality
through the use of exec and eval statements. This dynamic generation,
just not addition, of functionality at runtime I think is an important
aspect of dynamic languages.
Tom B. wrote: "Marcel van den Dungen" <m_********@yah oo.com> wrote in message news:98******** *************** **@posting.goog le.com...
"Tom B." <sb******@comms peed.net> wrote in message
news:<10******* ********@news.c ommspeed.net>.. .
I doubt that this is what they mean but a dynamic language is a language that is still evolving (Python) as opposed to a dead language (COBOL).
They probably are referring to programs that can add and remove components during runtime.
Dynamic refers to the typing of variables. In Python variables get a type dynamically when assigned a value. See also: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4639 and several blog posting of Bruce Eckel on this subject: http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/
Marcel.
Those languages are called dynamically typed languages, this implies that there is a statically typed language, which there is. All languages are dynamic, this slang is bad computer science. There is no such thing as a static computer language.
I respectively disagree. The difference between static and dynamic is an
important one. There are things I can do in Python that are synatically
impossible in C or C++ simply due to their absence of a native eval().
I was actually trying to make a point about semantics in that the terms
'dynamic' and 'static' are too generic. In computer science it is the custom
(but not always) to name a process as accurately as possible and use
acronyms. This way a Dynamically Typed Language becomes DTL and a
Dynamically Run Language becomes DRL, insuring that Python remains superior
in more way than one.
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