Context of Execution

[Brian Rice]

On Jul 21, 2006, at 11:53 PM, Jack Waugh wrote:

> Brian T. Rice <water <at> tunes.org> writes:
> . . .
>> The manual is incorrect inasmuch as we never implemented that  
>> feature on
>> compiled bytecode methods - the form of the VM instruction set and  
>> method
>> format makes that awkward
>> (http://slate.tunes.org/repos/main/doc/bytecode.txt outlines block
>> format). However, it would be very easy to simulate it (since we can
>> define methods within the bodies of other methods), and there is  
>> nothing
>> preventing the addition, removal, and updating of other slots  
>> dynamically
>> using mechanisms other than the block header.
>>
> (above is from http://article.gmane.org/ 
> gmane.comp.lang.slate.general/1439 ).
>
> So am I to understand that you have a definition in mind of the  
> language
> semantics that says what the context of execution should be, and  
> one or more
> implementations, some of which do not quite conform to the definition?

Yes.

--
-Brian
http://tunes.org/~water/brice.vcf

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