Hi Noel, > -----Original Message----- > From: Noel Welsh [mailto:noelwe...@gmail.com] > Sent: 17 January 2011 16:38 > To: Jukka Tuominen > Cc: users@racket-lang.org > Subject: Re: [racket] Expanding frozen Racket core - limitations of > universal touring machine > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jukka Tuominen > <jukka.tuomi...@finndesign.fi> wrote: > > Now, imagine the read-only OS was a snapshot of > Racket+Linux+stuff, a few > > years ago. > > > > - Given the above, I wonder if there are any theoretical limits > preventing > > to achieve all the same functionality that are in the current or future > > Racket versions, but only utilising the external data source? Some > > optimising issues are obvious, but other than that? > > Racket has a back door via the FFI. You can get it to call arbitrary > code generated at runtime. This code can then extend the runtime in > arbitrary ways. > > N.
That sounds very good :) I wouldn't know how to use it myself, but the main thing is that it can be done. Thanks! jukka _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
