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Talk:Dynamic programming language/Archive 1

message: How can Eiffel be a dynamic language?  It's the exact opposite.
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Just removed ASP as "dynamic language"... and added VBScript... learn it loosers!!
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The term "dynamic programming language" is not standard in computer science, and much of the article content is technically misleading, wrong, or just plain gibberish. k.lee 18:48 26 May 2003 (UTC)
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OK, it's much improved now, but still has some inaccuracies and doesn't quite separate out the following issues:
* metaprogramming and reflective programming (both a language feature and a programming style)
* OO dynamic dispatch (a language feature)
* particular compilation strategies for indirect calls
* dynamic loading and linking (a platform service)
BTW I still don't agree that dynamic programming language is standard terminology, and the article's blurring of lines among the above three issues doesn't help me believe that there's a precise technical definition of this term.  For example, the definition that "functions may be introduced or removed, new classes of objects may be created, new modules may appear" is inadequate --- Java can do all these things through dynamic class loading.  Even in C, functions and modules can be introduced or removed.
If you're talking about only those languages with strong support for metaprogramming, then Lisp and Dylan (languages with quoted data and syntax macros) qualify but Smalltalk, Self, Objective-C, and OCaml do not.
If you're talking about languages with an eval function, then OCaml in its current incarnation does not count by any stretch of the imagination.  Smalltalk and Self don't count either, because these only have eval in the sense that the environment has traditionally had an embedded compiler.  There's nothing in the Smalltalk or Self language definitions that requires eval to exist.  Contrast this with Scheme, which requires eval in the R5RS.  Languages with no official standards documents only have eval through tradition; it would not be hard, for example, to include 
I could write more on this topic but I don't have time.  I think that, ideally, this article should
* state that the term "dynamic programming language" is neither a technical term nor a binary on/off property;
* then, list four or five precise technical features (e.g., quoted data, eval, dynamic loading, dynamic dispatch and other forms of indirect calls) that make a language "more dynamic" in flavor, linking to articles on those topics rather than describing them in the article body.
* then, discuss costs and benefits of a highly dynamic language, environment, and programming style.  One of those costs is a requirement that the user generally must accept either (a) worse performance or (b) greater compiler sophistication.  One can then point to an article on implementations of high-level languages.  Actually I believe programming language implementation is an article that sorely needs to be written.
Anyway, someday perhaps I'll do all this, and more, in my Copious Spare Time.
k.lee 02:52, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archives of the discussion (before 2005)
Talk:Abdul Rahim Wardak

message: I reverted an edit I didn't understand.
The edit summary was "general fixes".
It seemed to consist of putting spaces surrounding the headings, and to change a ndash to an mdash.  Geo Swan (talk) 22:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  revert 

message: I have edited this article to eliminate a section on "not reasonably available".  This section relates a story about who the US would not produce Mr. Wardak for a tribunal at GTMO.  This is a WP:COAT portion, irrelevant to the subject, and so I have edited the article to get rid of this portion as such.--Yachtsman1 (talk) 23:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Fully Explained 

message: It is wardag written in name not wardak - 87.253.42.242 (talk) 17:56, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Native name
Talk:Forester

message: one who practices silviculture - perhaps should be mentioned here too  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.244.74.165 (talk) 09:56, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  silviculturalist 

message: What is the point in mentioning that those with a masters earn closer to the average, when the article does not say what the average is? Niels Elgaard Larsen (talk) 11:25, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Median or average 

message: Are these folks really foresters or merely Forest Scientists?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nippunnau (talk • contribs) 13:45, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo
Talk:Davies Gilbert

message: Someone has questioned the importance of the subject of this biographical article.  He was a British MP from 1804 to 1832, among many other singificant and notable activities.   am currently working on an extended version of thelist of his writings - see British Library Catalogue.<P>
Vernon White 23:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: we just have to take your word for it.  Timmy12 01:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prove it 
Talk:Life & Death

message: Didn't this game have some kind of unusual or interesting copy protection?
:I don't recall there being anything other than the standard bad-sector copy protection that Toolworks used on everything.  I wasn't heavily involved with this project, so maybe there was something I missed.  Or maybe it was on Life & Death II, which was developed after I left the company. Capmango 21:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I had it for the Apple II GS and don't recall anything unusual regarding copy protection. Can't vouch for other platforms. My two cents. norm77 22:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes it did.  Mid-game, before surgery started, the nurse would tell you that you got a page, which you had to look up on a card, included in the game box.  If you didn't call back your page on the reception phone, the action would halt the second you started to cut into a guy, with the nurse saying something like "you know, you really should answer your messages".  I know this because I have a licensed copy of this game, box and all sorts of included documents, except that card.  The game also has a writeup on gamefaqs that describes this.  Still, this method of copy protection (entering something from a random page in the instruction manual mid-game) was not terribly uncommon in its time, so I don't know if it really needs to be added to the article. -Verdatum (talk) 22:10, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy Protection 

message: I can take more screenshots if wanted, but I don't have any cover art so I'll leave the photo req in place.
Koala man 18:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures
Talk:Alabama's 7th congressional district

message: According to the Artur Davis article, "Hilliard's district had been greatly altered in 2002 redistricting" which is postulated as a big factor in Davis' win. Shouldn't that be mentioned here, (assuming it happened)? Gzuckier 17:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing 2002 redistricting? 

message: A member of the GOP delegation is certain to lose a seat if Alabama loses a seat. The VRA would protect Terri Sewell from losing her seat LegioV (talk) 01:37, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  VRA Protections
Talk:Alabama's 6th congressional district

message: I guess the chart is supposed to represent which party the district representative belonged to, with the crosshatched gray areas representing periods in which the district did not exist. This could be explained, especially as Wikipedia has a global audience, and most readers outside the U.S. are unlikely to associate the colors blue and red with particular political parties. Do these charts exist in every single article about a U.S. congressional district? — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 13:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Representation chart 
Talk:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

message: Veteran Mars probe looks to the stars for longevity says the primary inhertial sensor (gyroscopes) was switched off a while ago and the backup has been used, and now 2018 they are testing a software upgrade to avoid relying on the inhertial sensors at all. "The primary system was already switched off a few years ago after it clocked up 58,000 hours of service, and NASA says that the backups have now reached 52,000 hours." Also talks about battery ageing and possible changes to the orbit- Rod57 (talk) 12:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: About 5 years late, but I’ve updated the timeline to include this, and some other stuff mentioned in that article. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me!  03:45, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update for Timeline - re attitude monitoring/control 

message: In the "Mission Objectives" section, the article lists the rovers and landers that MRO helped choose the landing sites for, but there is an inconsistency there. Most of the missions are listed with the years they landed on Mars. Curiosity is listed as 2012, when it landed, instead of when it was launched in 2011. Same thing with Perseverance. InSight launched and landed in the same year, so there's no difference there. But Phoenix is listed as 2007, its launch year, instead of its landing year, 2008. This just confused me, I'm not sure if it's really an issue or not, I just wanted to point it out. 185.163.72.18 (talk) 19:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing it out! I've changed the Phoenix lander to match the others, changing the year from the launch year, 2007, to the landing year, 2008. ARandomName123 (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency in dates 

message: Mars Climate Sounder instrument does not have its own article, so more details would be nice here, eg. mass, how long it collected data, what did we learn from its data ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If no one else does it first, I'll take a shot at adding those details after the end of February. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me!  16:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  More on Mars Climate Sounder
Talk:Boeing 747SP

message: See this link. https://www.747sp.com/vq-bms-broken-up/ I would edit, but I'm not sure how to add Las Vegas Sands into the Former Operators section. Markkerrigan (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I added Las Vegas Sands to the Former Operators section for you. KittyHawkFlyer (talk) 17:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Las Vegas Sands aircraft now broken up 

message: A CAAC(airline) photo will look better than the b&w photo of Boeing. It is a colour photo. So the CAAC photo is better, right Canterbury Tail? BuddyHeigh (talk) 09:51, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Canterbury Tail? BuddyHeigh (talk) 10:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Canterbury Tail? BuddyHeigh (talk) 10:05, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't ping me multiple times in less than 15 minutes, you're not going to get a response faster and there's no limit on time to respond. You're going around changing images in infoboxes all over Wikipedia, and edit warring for your favourite ones. Get consensus before changing them, they are often chosen by the community after a lot of discussion. Canterbury Tail talk 11:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Pardon me for pinging you! Anyways, consensus please for CAAC 747SP Image! BuddyHeigh (talk) 11:23, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: MonoPing! Hello Canterbury Tail? BuddyHeigh (talk) 11:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Consensus requires discussion with several editors. See Wp:CONSENSUS for more information. Canterbury Tail talk 11:36, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  New photo
Talk:Alliance (Sweden)

message: I'm sorry, but I do believe that the article has been vandalized. Notice that "homosexual" was added to the article.
:I think there will be a lot of that today. Thanks to the person who corrected the links on my revert.Notmyrealname 17:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've removed the ideologies listed on the infobox (as was the case before). Parties in the coalition adhering to different views, and holding so many ideological viewpoints, the infobox is unreasonable. · | (talk - contributions) 17:27, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideologies 

message: My view is that as of 11 January 2019, the cooperation within the Alliance has effectively ceased on the national level. I suggest that the wording in this article should be changed to reflect that, i.e "The Alliance was a political alliance [...]" and so forth. I think consensus might need to be reached first, however. lovkal (talk) 13:12, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is or was?
Talk:Abraham Oyanedel

message: I removed this sentence: "In 1927, he was appointed by the president, General Bartolomé Blanche a member of the Supreme Court of Chile". Blanche was neither President of Chile in 1927, nor President of the Supreme Court. There must be a mistake somewhere. Tazmaniacs 16:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Submarine Command System

message: Someone already seems to have added the appropriate tag (albeit to this talk page), but this article is missing an introductory paragraph. Something that explains in a couple of sentences what exactly a "submarine command system" does, preferably put in words by someone familiar with the subject. -- MiG (talk) 12:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accessibility 

message: Command & Control Systems410 Error - Page Removed
Gc9580 (talk) 08:03, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference [1], [9] 

message: It might be worth noting in this article other military uses of Windows, including some Nimitz Aircraft Carriers as well as some armored vehicles iirc http://www.neowin.net/news/navy-carrier-to-run-win-2000  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeeTylerToe (talk • contribs) 18:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other navy/military uses of windows 
Talk:Alexander McAulay

message: Alexander Leicester McAulay was his son. Astrohist (talk) 10:43, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ibn Jurayj

message: "He was either a Jew or Christian who became Muslims” that is not true. His father was even a Muslim scholar. His grandfather (George) was a Roman Christian but not him. Many of these web links do not contribute anything useful to the article.--Truthpedia 19:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, assuming you are right, please do this: Instead of removing sourced info, when you have better sourced info, correct the statmen and add a better source, instead of just removing. Could you please start by doing it here? --Striver 19:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out Tahdhib Al-Tahdhib by ibn hajar. It is much better reference than these bombo jumbo links that you insert. the only thing it does not say that his his grandfather is George, but it is a common fact that George is Jurayj --Truthpedia 17:39, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, no need to insult my work. This article would not even exist without me, so there is no need to call my work a collection of "bombo jumbo". Yes, i do misstakes, but that can be pointed out in a civil maner. --Striver 12:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

text: "Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in since he never met any Sahabi"? --Striver 12:51, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably that is the correct class. --Truthpedia 21:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, sorry, i got confused *smile* --Striver 23:19, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  He was Muslim 
Talk:Deborah J. Glick

message: Just stop already, you've totally discredited yourselves, you are nothing more than establishment schills who want to stifle anyone who disagrees with you and get free advertising for your political allies on Wikipedia. 
You don't own Wikipedia, get over it.
Nicolas Leobold
New York, N.Y.
nleobold@msn.com
Constituent/Victim of Deborah Glick and the rest of The NY Gov't Authoritarians
:As I stated in my edit summary, the applicable principles here include WP:NPOV, WP:CITE, and WP:BLP.  More important is that the generalized criticisms you've included aren't appropriate to the Glick bio article.  They're simply expressions of libertarian discontent with liberal Democrats in general.  That's not what Wikipedia is for. JamesMLane t c 04:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Re political leanings, as stated by another editor, "political leanings don't precede such basic bio facts as state, office, and party." Dogru144 20:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism by The Vandal JamesMLane and Other Partisan Censors 

message: This is not a private blog.  I have removed the POV, FreeRepublic, NewsMax type edits.  This is not RandPedia. Dogru144 00:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Right on

message: Image:Deborah Glick and Scott Stringer.jpg|original, with Scott Stringer
Image:Deborah Glick.jpg|trimmed to focus on Ms. Glick
I was able to find an image on Flickr the photographer of which graciously put it under CC-BY-SA for our use.
I trimmed it to focus on Ms. Glick, but perhaps someone else could do a better job. I uploaded both versions to Commons just in case.
--AnonEMouse (squeak) 22:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Image 
Talk:Longleat

message: Why is the picture not showing? Flutefluteflute 17:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Maze Picture

message: The lede states:
:The house was built by Sir John Thynne and was designed mainly by Robert Smythson...
but the second paragraph of the first section states:
:Adrian Gaunt, Alan Maynard, Robert Smythson, the Earl of Hertford and Humpfrey Lovell all contributed to the new building but most of the design was Sir John's work.
These two statements directly contradict each other.  Which is it: was most of the design by Smythson or by Thynn?  They cannot both be true, and neither statement is backed by a cited source. 12.233.147.42 (talk) 02:04, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Longleat House 2012.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 16, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-01-16. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:23, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Longleat House 2012.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: The 1973 horror film "Blue Blood" starring Oliver Reed is set entirely at Longleat. Both exterior and interior scenes were shot on location, and Derek Jacobi's character, a promiscuous upper-class hippie, is shown supposedly painting the controversial Kama Sutra mural actually painted by the 7th Marquess, on whom the character is obviously based. The estate is featured so prominently that in places the movie looks like a very long advert, especially the scenes showing the safari park, which has no bearing whatsoever on the plot. It's not a particularly well known film, probably because it isn't very good, but since Longleat appears in literally every scene, doesn't it deserve a mention?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.179.208 (talk) 20:25, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not. KJP1 (talk) 06:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie appearance 

message: This, rather list-like, article definitely needs some work. I'll have a go over the next days/weeks. Any concerns/issues can be discussed here. KJP1 (talk) 06:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rework
Talk:Ruby Payne-Scott

message: I think the paragraph on her work at the CRC needs a lot of revision, maybe cutting entirely, but so far I have not figured out the best approach.  ␄ –Iknowyourider (t c) 12:48, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cancer research paragraph 

message: We need to increase the lede. It should provide a concise summary of the rest of the article. Jehochman Talk 01:34, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lede
Talk:Deepender Singh Hooda

message: The page lacks enough references and the ones that have been cited are used out of context. I am adding few tags. Request other editors to clean it. Rudra9 (talk) 18:08, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insufficient Refrences
Talk:ARexx

message: The second half of the introduction presents a very non-NPOV, especially the following sentence:
Because of its ease of use ARexx is strongly recommended for learning fundamental programming techniques.
The benefits of ARexx could and should be described on a more factual basis. 204.50.113.28 17:43, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to fix the worst of it. Mdwh 21:21, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Please read Wikipedia:No original research. Pointing out the good features of ARexx is acceptable. Deducing from these features that it 'is strongly recommended for learning fundamental programming techniques' is original research, unless a neutral published source agrees. Also please read Wikipedia:No personal attacks - calling other editors 'pompous' is considered poor Wikipedia etiquette. --Safalra 19:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction POV 

message: I reverted edit because William S. Hawes didnt write ARexx for MorphOS (reader could get this impression) and ARexx is available at least partially to AROS. Xorxos (talk) 19:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undid revision 402498374 
Talk:Loudon Wainwright Jr.

message: The article says that Martha was only the mother of Anna - so who was the mother of the other four children? (but the list of the 'other four' mentions all 5, including Anna again). And Loudon Wainwright III says LWIII's mother was Martha, so something's out of kilter here. I don't have the knowledge to fix it though. Colonies Chris 18:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's clearly something wrong here, and I can't get a clear picture of what the actual facts are. I've seen several references to a "Teddy" (sister) but I can't tell whether or not this is a nickname, and if it is, what her true first name is. Pending better data I'm going to cut this down to the two descendants who I can find proof for: Loudon III and Sloan. Mangoe 13:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And it's intriguing that Sloan's website family tree doesn't mention a mother at all. Colonies Chris 15:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the problem is that the wife Martha and the "companion" Martha are two different people. If she is LW III's "youngest sister" (bio on her site) then it would appear that "Sloan" and "Anna" are the same person. Mangoe 18:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children 
Talk:Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar

message: The facts that form the basis of the mediastorm surrounding Mohan Delkar's are encyclopaedic and many people will look to wikipedia in response to reading worrying media stories for unbiased verity.Veej (talk) 15:52, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Delúbio Soares

message: Some of the contents in the additions I made were taken from the corresponding article in Portuguese. Please feel free to improve the page if you have access to related sources. You can also send me a message if you have questions. Regards, Darwin Naz (talk) 11:01, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update
Talk:Wide Mouth Mason

message: In many places, this article as currently written lapses into sounding like a marketing press release from the band's label ("transcends the easy labels of music media and instead lays ground for a sound that is wholly the band and best heard live"? "more than ready to take their pre-developed class act to the world stage"?) Wikipedia is an NPOV encyclopedia; vague marketing statements like this have no place here. Cleanup, please. Bearcat 17:48, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed
Very true... sounds like one of the band members wrote it. Also sounds like a lot of hyperbole! tilde tilde tilde tilde  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grinwell76 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup