On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:38:02PM +0100, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Jay R. Ashworth schreef:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:27:42AM +0000, David Gerard wrote:
>
>> Oh yes please. Separate data and code!
>
> Ah, yes; let's return to the days of Fortran 77.
Do you really think that we can safely ignore the
lessons of yesteryear ?
No, which is why I pointed out probably the most prominent example of
why enforcing strict separation between code and data is a bad idea.
*Controlling* interchange between code and data, certainly.
But forbidding it? Hmmm; think about that one twice.
Cheers,
-- jra
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