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Revision as of 15:44, 3 October 2010
eval() [Computer Programming]
Introduction
The eval facility is one of the most powerful features of Ruby (as well as other dynamic languages). Kernel.eval method will parse and execute an arbitrary string of legal Ruby source code. To put it plainly, if your Ruby program can generate a string of valid Ruby code, the Kernel.eval method can evaluate that code. The eval facility gives developers the ability to modify the runtime behavior of program. Illustrate the practical advantages of Ruby's eval(...) and compare it with similar mechanisms in other languages.
Origin
LISP The first actual implementation of LISP was by Steve Russell. He realized that the Lisp eval function could be implemented in machine code.[3] The result was a working Lisp interpreter which could be used to run Lisp programs, or more properly, 'evaluate Lisp expressions.'
[[File:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LISP_machine.jpg%7C]
Security risks
[1] Eval, Retrieved October, 2010.
Context
Implementation
Dynamic Programming Languages
Lisp
Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in common use today (after FORTRAN). Invented in 1958 by John McCarthy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, LISP was first actually implemented in machine language by Steve Russell, who realized that by implementing the LISP eval function in assembly language, he could create a working LISP interpreter.
Perl
Ruby
array[] = {1,2,3,4,5}
for(i=0 ; i<array.length; i++){
array[i] = array[i] * 2;
}
JavaScript
PHP
Python
ColdFusion
Static Programming Languages
Java
GroovyShell
Command Line interpreters
Unix
References
[2] Eval, Retrieved October, 2010.