<div>Cool, thanks for that, Jeremy has recommended a good scripting engine in the past.</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 26/07/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ross Levis</b> <<a href="mailto:ross@stationplaylist.com">ross@stationplaylist.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">That is because .Net and Java are basically interpreted code, compiled to machine code as it goes, like the old Basic language was originally, which is why it was so slow compared to compiled Basic.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">You can't have a dynamic string of code compiled on the fly to machine code unless you have a compiler built into your application.</font></div></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ross.</font></div></span></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:02 PM</div>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.NET and Java both have it .. but for Delphi you will have to use a scripting engine for that.</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kind Regards<span>,</span><br>Stefan Mueller </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#666699" size="2">
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz" target="_blank">
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On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul A Norman<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 26 July 2006 11:25 a.m.<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> [DUG] exectuteString command?</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">With the recent enhancements to Delphi, has TurboPascal introduced any sort of exectuteString command as in some dialects of Basic?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I.e. a string is parsed and then if the interpreted string is validly executable it is directly carried out as if it was part of the original exe.</span>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In the days when we used to have to do things like program C64 and C128s for accounts/ invoices and wages, it was a very useful facility found in SuperBase.
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