Editing Higher-order function (section)

====Dynamic code evaluation====
In other [[imperative programming]] languages, it is possible to achieve some of the same algorithmic results as are obtained via higher-order functions by dynamically executing code (sometimes called ''Eval'' or ''Execute'' operations) in the scope of evaluation. There can be significant drawbacks to this approach:
*The argument code to be executed is usually not [[type system#Static typing|statically typed]]; these languages generally rely on [[type system#Dynamic typing|dynamic typing]] to determine the well-formedness and safety of the code to be executed.
*The argument is usually provided as a string, the value of which may not be known until run-time. This string must either be compiled during program execution (using [[just-in-time compilation]]) or evaluated by [[interpreter (computing)|interpretation]], causing some added overhead at run-time, and usually generating less efficient code.