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From: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Variable function names
Message-ID: <10012@stb.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 87 19:01:19 GMT
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(I came in late to this, so pardon any mis-understandings)
In article <47000025@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

(a question about refering to data as code)

(A reply saying "Ok in lisp, (where code and data are interchangable) but
not in C (where they are seperate)")

(A reply saying "You can compile code into an array and then execute
from that array")

Unfortunately, this is not the same. In lisp, you can create a data
structure that looks like SOURCE code, and execute it. In C, you have
to write a machine dependent compiler subroutine to compile the code,
and then execute it.

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