Hi,
Is it possible to write self-modifying code in D, who will perform at runtime? Or is it a characteristic of languages that compile to bytecode?

On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 01:38:17 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to write self-modifying code in D, who will perform at runtime?

Not easily. Just the obvious approach to invoke the compiler and run/load the created executable / shared library.

> Or is it a characteristic of languages that compile to bytecode?

I would say that it is a characteristic of languages which provide a compiler-as-a-library.

On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 02:20:25 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 01:38:17 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Is it possible to write self-modifying code in D, who will perform at runtime?
>
> Not easily. Just the obvious approach to invoke the compiler and run/load the created executable / shared library.
>
>> Or is it a characteristic of languages that compile to bytecode?
>
> I would say that it is a characteristic of languages which provide a compiler-as-a-library.

Thanks.

On 04/28/2015 07:20 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 01:38:17 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Is it possible to write self-modifying code in D, who will perform at
>> runtime?
>
> Not easily. Just the obvious approach to invoke the compiler and
> run/load the created executable / shared library.
>
>> Or is it a characteristic of languages that compile to bytecode?
>
> I would say that it is a characteristic of languages which provide a
> compiler-as-a-library.

SDC will make D such a language. :)

Ali

On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 17:35:50 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> SDC will make D such a language. :)
>
> Ali

It remains to build SDC in the standard library of the future DDMD :)