Talk:Dynamic Language Runtime
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"Since in dynamic languages, the type of an object, as well as the members it contain, can change during a program lifetime, a method invocation must search through the method list to see if the invocation is a valid one."
^^ is using a hash table for method look-up technically 'searching through'? Inhahe (talk) 11:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yep, any kind of lookup (given something find something else) is "searching through". Since you cannot do method invocation without looking up in dynamic languages, how you do the lookup is the key to an efficient implementation. --soum talk 12:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I think inhahe's question concerns the language nuance of "search through". The phrase suggests a linear search. How about "... a method invocation must check the method list ..." Leotohill (talk) 15:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- WP:SOFIXIT. :-P --soum talk 15:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I think inhahe's question concerns the language nuance of "search through". The phrase suggests a linear search. How about "... a method invocation must check the method list ..." Leotohill (talk) 15:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
