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Re: Source code review package?

Terrence Enger wrote:
It is sad that the system allows a program to construct names of
programs and commands a run-time. Necessary, perhaps, but still sad.
Is there a system that doesn't allow this? Every non-i machine i know allows you to create a script and then execute that script, which means you can do anything.

And there's good reason for it: just about every OS has some sort of menuing tool as well, which allows you to enter some arbitrary line of code and execute it when the user selects an option. Otherwise, you'd have to write hardcoded menus for each and every user.

Not sure why this is sad.

The ability to split a token across source lines also confounds scanning
source code.
It only confounds scanning code that can't handle line continuation characters.

Joe



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