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Comment by kibwen | Hacker News Reader

From the philosophy page: https://github.com/CausalityLtd/ponyc/wiki/Philosophy

  > No loadable code. Everything is known to the compiler.

What does "loadable" mean here? Does it imply no dynamic linking?

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No. Dynamic linking is possible, for example with C libraries. 'No loadable code' means that a programs code is not modified during runtime, nor extended with new code (for example like java applets or RMI applications). We have been looking into hot code loading though.

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