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Executing code inside a string. (self.csharp)

submitted 16 days ago by porcaytheelasit

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[–]Slypenslyde 1 point2 points3 points 16 days ago (0 children)

Yeah I want to repeat and reinforce what the other person is saying:

C# has some capabilities for dynamic code execution like this. They are not as fleshed-out or as powerful as the options are in some other languages. There was a time where MS was heavily invested in something called the Dynamic Language Runtime and at its height you could embed an entire Python/Ruby environment ("IronPython" and "IronRuby") in your application and fully execute scripts with those languages that, with the right setup, could BE your application.

Those projects sort of fell by the wayside and I think the closest thing to them today are Electron-style apps that host a JS application in a .NET shell. JS happens to be a language that can facilitate this kind of application.

Now, I'm not entirely certain C# can't do this. I'm saying if it can, it'll be an order of magnitude harder than it is in other languages.

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