Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:4646] Re: Invoking an extension after compilation"
    on 00/08/30, foo <matju / cam.org> writes:

|Shouldn't read and eval be two separate operations like in lisp?  this
|would simplify the task of writing compilers / optimizers / browsers /
|listeners for ruby.

I think it requires standard internal structure (like S-expression for
Lisp).  Someday Ruby will mature enough to determine its best suited
internal structure.

							matz.