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Huh? (Score:2)

by djberg96 (2603) on 2007.08.05 23:38 (#56754) Journal

So, Perl, Python, Ruby, etc are failures because they even have eval then? Or, are you merely criticizing people who actually use it?

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  by Aristotle (5147)
  
  I thought the title stated my position clearly: if you have to use eval, it’s a sign of something missing from the language (and if you don’t have to but do, it’s a sign of weakness as a programmer).
  
  That doesn’t mean a language is bad if it has eval. If it helps you understand, just substitute goto for eval; both forms of the statement are completely congruent.

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