Re: compiler directives; (was: Re: cheerful static typing (was: Any and Every... (was: Eval)))

[Dan Weinreb <address@hidden>]

   Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:39:52 -0800
   From: Michael Vanier <mvanier@cs.caltech.edu>

   This brings up an interesting point.  How do people on this list feel about
   allowing compiler directives in programming languages?

I think the phrase "compiler directive" covers a very wide spectrum of
things.  Do you mean statements in a program that don't affect the
semantics of the program but only affect speed, or don't affect the
semantics of the program as long as the program is legal, or something
along those lines?