Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aunro!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!rice!news!gateley From: gateley@rice.edu (John Gateley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: What value is there is programs as data? Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 18:18:21 GMT References: <4623@optima.cs.arizona.edu> <610@smds.UUCP> Sender: news@rice.edu (News) Organization: Rice University Lines: 11 In-Reply-To: rh@smds.UUCP's message of 29 Jun 91 08:39:33 GMT In article <610@smds.UUCP> rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes: Can someone cite some examples where data=program is essential. In a word: macros. j -- "I've thought the thoughts of little children and the thoughts of men I've thought the thoughts of stupid people who have never been so much in love as they should be and got confused too easily to fall in love again." The Residents and Renaldo and the Loaf