One definition of a dynamic programming language [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming_language] proposes that
any programming language that permits one to write applications
that can change the structure of the program
while it is running is a dynamic programming language.


[[Be sure to mention David's 
"Dynamic Languages-ready for the next challenges"
[http://www.activestate.com/Company/NewsRoom/whitepapers_ADL.plex].]]


[[ [Dylan]'s "Dynamic Language", too. ]]

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''[escargo] 9 Sep 2005'' - There's a conference on [Dynamic Languages], and not only is
[Tcl] not in any of the programs, it's not even mentioned as a dynamic language,
"like [CLOS], [Python], [Self], [Perl], [php] or [Smalltalk]." To me it seems like
[Tcl] has a better right to be on that list than [Self], since [Tcl] is probably more
used. (There are probably more [Tcl] books than [Self] books as well.)

The conference is "DLS05
Dynamic Languages Symposium 2005
October 18, 2005, San Diego, California
(co-located with OOPSLA'05)" [http://decomp.ulb.ac.be:8082/events/dls05/]
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