On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:32:41AM +0400, Vitaly Lugovsky wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am moving from Python to OCaml and one of the things I miss
> > is Python's eval() call.  It takes a string representing a bit
> > of Python source code, evaluates it, and returns the result.
> > I would like to be able to do similar things with OCaml.
> 
>  OCaml is a compiler, not interpreter. But, you'll find that this
> feature is obsoleted by the partial application - it's a much
> more powerfull device then lispish eval, and it can be even a
> replacement for a macros.

I don't think that will help me here; I'm looking at being able to let
people insert OCaml expressions directly into otherwise plain-text
config files.

And while I understand your general point about OCaml being a compiler,
I think you'd have to admit that this line is at least blurred by the
interactive toplevel *interpreter* /usr/bin/ocaml :-)  It is a subset of
that program's functionality that I seek to imitate.

-- John

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