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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net>
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On 1/14/22 1:15 PM, Roger L Costello wrote:

> In some book I read this statement:
>
> 	The meaning of an expression is
>   	the value of the expression.

Perhaps in contrast to the meaning of a loop in code?


> Today while reading the Bison manual, I noticed in it a sentence that said:
>
> 	... the meaning of a variable ...

It may mean a state of the program?


You know what I mean:

Expression: I want that evaluated!
Loop: I want that executed repeatedly!
Variable: I want that value rememberd!
#error: I want the compilation aborted!


> [I think the meaning here is not to believe everything you read. -John]

:-)

DoDi