evaluating strings as blocks

> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:18 AM, David Mitchell-10 [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Look at Compiler
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:13 AM Joseph Alotta <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> For debuting purposes, I want to build a string with calculations and then evaluate it.
>
> Something like:
>
> string := ‘2 + 2 - 5’;
>
> and then do:
>
>
> string asBlock value => -1
>
>
> How can I get this to work?
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joe.
>
>
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> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi Joe,
>
> Have a look at Complier.  
>
> Then try
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> Complier evaluate: '1+1'
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> All the best,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
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>
> From: Joseph Alotta
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:14 PM
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> For debuting purposes, I want to build a string with calculations and then evaluate it.
>
> Something like:
>
> string := ‘2 + 2 - 5’;
>
> and then do:
>
>
> string asBlock value => -1
>
>
> How can I get this to work?
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joe.
>
>
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