2008/1/13, Jason Johnson <jason.johnson.081 at gmail.com>:
> On Jan 8, 2008 9:43 PM, nicolas cellier <ncellier at ifrance.com> wrote:
> >
> > However, I always preferred the power of Compiler evaluate: to its very
> > restricted avatar Number readFrom:
> >
> > example of non smart readFrom:
> >         Number readFrom: '1+1'.
> >         Number readFrom: 'Float pi / 5 sin * 30'.
> >
> > Of course, you gotta trust your users then, not very secure...
> >
> > Nicolas
>
> That sounds like Java talk. :)  I think the most powerful languages
> (Lisp and Smalltalk) are powerful exactly because they *do* trust
> their users.

Rigth. This is especially cool, if your user is someone who sends you
a SOAP message. Trusting him passing the whatever he sends you through
the compiler seems like the best way to go.

Cheers
Philippe