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On Thu, 01 May 2014 05:31:15 -0700, Roedy Green wrote:

> Before Java, I mainly coded in Forth and Abundance (a Forth extension). 
> There you can use the same coding language for compile time as run time.
> 
> Java seemed so hobbled by its complete lack of compile time computation.
> You could not even embed a compile date or use alternate libraries. Java
> seems to be evolving nicely.

And Lisp did it even earlier and much better.