Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: "i = i|0" Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 01:22:33 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2151521.roT7KvbrzH@PointedEars.de> References: <44f393c9-8b85-4da8-8618-6b11dd3954b2@googlegroups.com> <5398CC30.9020706@verizon.net> <2078529.Slc7CH7YZo@PointedEars.de> <2122350.lP4zVSTnZj@PointedEars.de> <1894582.2ZI1QNF3Jn@PointedEars.de> <5399D2AA.6010100@verizon.net> <2396275.g7lyTkyHjg@PointedEars.de> <20140612134628.144@kylheku.com> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1402615355 20622 eJwNx8ERwDAIA7CVyIFtMg6lsP8IrX6C87AVBAOLjRJ7yiB4/PF+xTo2yhzbrqeSm3m9Rxf9ARuCEUU= (12 Jun 2014 23:22:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:22:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.12.4 X-User-ID: eJwFwQUBADAIALBKuMQBDv0jfFM2tHExNdHTO24/mNgWpusFrs0EKXyEJY8gycM3oAGxYoZT9S1pcmLPB1xyFVQ= Face: 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 X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. On 2014-06-12, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >>> I did indeed search the Web. The Wikipedia page for JavaScript says >>> "JavaScript (JS) is a dynamic computer programming language". so you'll >>> have to forgive me for thinking that there might be some truth in that >>> statement. >> >> First one has to define what “dynamic programming language” means. > > Very easy. A dynamic programming language is characterized by late binding > features. For instance, type is principally a run-time property of > values/objects, rather than of pieces of program source code. Functions > and types may defined and redefined while the program is running. These > capabilities would be a bare minimum. Dynamic languages also usually > exhibit introspection: various entities that describe the program, and > which disappear after compile time in static languages tend to be > available in a useful run-time representation in dynamic languages. For > instance "class" or "variable name" might be strictly compile-time > concepts in a static language, but in a dynamic language they might be > run-time values of some sort. That is an interesting definition that you have just made up. And it does not fully apply to JavaScript (or other ECMAScript implementations) either. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.