You might try reading this paper: http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/publications/macromod.pdf
Robby On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, JonWilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Clinton, > > Clinton Ebadi wrote: >> runtime modification of >> lexical environments is incompatible with a properly phase-separated >> compiler). > > I hear a lot of mention of phase separation, usually as something > desirable. However, I've never seen a thorough explanation of why phase > separation is particularly good thing. (Nor a thorough explanation of > exactly what it is, and google hasn't turned up anything useful so far.) > Would you mind giving me some pointers to reading material (or, if > you've got nothing which is actually important to do, writing up an > explanation yourself)? > Regards, > Jon > > > >