On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:45 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 4:31:44 AM UTC+12, BartC wrote: > >> But it can't create a new record or struct type at runtime which can >> then be accessed using normal syntax, in compiled code that already >> existed before the record was created. > > That’s an awful lot of “which ... that” qualification going on. > > Remember, Python, which is supposed to be able to do all that, is > implemented in C.
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