[clean-list] Dynamic types completed and available for Unix (Linux)?

[Groenouwe, C.]

Good to hear there is a new release coming soon! I really love Clean. Going to wait for it rather than compiling the latest unofficial version from source. I do not need dynamic types right now (as you and your colleagues have thoughtfully pointed out).

Thanks.


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Van: Bas Lijnse [b.lijnse at cs.ru.nl]
Verzonden: woensdag 30 november 2011 16:23
Aan: Groenouwe, C.
Onderwerp: Re: [clean-list] Dynamic types completed and available for Unix (Linux)?

Dear Chide,

On 30-11-11 16:08, Groenouwe, C. wrote:
In case I would like to use them in the future: are there dynamic types
available for Unix? I could only find a windows library on the Clean
site.
There is experimental/partial support for dynamics on unix, but I don't think it is in any public release yet. I use a compiler that I built from the latest sources in subversion on macosx that has some dynamics support. I think it should also work on linux. Depending on what time in the future you'd like to use them you can either go the roll-your-own compiler route or wait for the next clean release (which I believe is scheduled for the end of december)

Moreover, the last language report states there are many parts "not
implemented yet" regarding dynamic types. Does the dynamic type system still miss essential features (is it incomplete) or are the extra features just luxury?
What is available on unix is the stuff in the language itself. The Dynamic type, dynamic pattern matching etc.
What is not available is safe dynamic linking at runtime and the storage/retrieval of dynamics to disk.
So basically you can use dynamics to do stuff like mixed collections in your programs, but you can't use them to transfer functions from one application to another.

Best,
Bas




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