Quote: a meta-circular interpreter does not explain higher-order functions, does not support both call-by-value and call-by-name, and does not support extensions

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(1) The meta-circular interpreter does not shed much … (2) Changing the order of application used in … [e.g., call-by value in the defining language results in call-by-value in the defined language] … (3) … As far as is known, it is impossible … [imperative features such as labels and jumps] without introducing similar features into the defining language. In the … [these objections]   Google-1   Google-2

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