Re: [bug-gawk] eval in gawk as a regular command

[Peng Yu]

On Wednesday, December 30, 2015,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Index.html
> >
> > I only find eval as a debugger command. Is it available as a regular command?
>
> No, it's not.  I do not expect to move it into the language.

Why not, considering that many other languages have eval? This can dramatically increase the _expression_ power of a language.

> Arnold


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Regards,
Peng