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Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

From Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: lectures about "programming methodology"
References (1 earlier) <lecture-20130506142026@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <Scope-20130507002447@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <51885ce2$0$32110$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <kmbtur$i8p$1@dont-email.me> <5189aca0$0$32105$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
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Date 2013-05-08 17:48 -0300

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On 05/07/2013 10:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 5/7/2013 6:10 PM, David Lamb wrote:
>> On 06/05/2013 9:46 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 5/6/2013 6:28 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>>    A scope is a region of the source text. Identifiers
>>>>    have a scope.
>>>>
>>>>    A lifetime is a period of time during the execution
>>>>    of a program. Variables and objects have lifetimes.
>>>>
>>>>    This has no special relation with Java, this is
>>>>    software engineering (or »programming methodology«).
>>>
>>> I really don't see that as software engineering.
>>>
>>> It is a CS exercise in definitions with little practical
>>> benefits.
>>
>> Whoah, scope versus lifetime is a pretty fundamental distinction.
>> Admittedly it was more fundamental in old block-structured languages
>> like Algol, but still...
>
> Fundamental for software engineering??
>
> Arne
>
>
Well, in order to be a software engineer you must know how to program. 
That's essential. So I'd say that programming concepts that are basic 
and fundamental like these two are important at the software engineering 
level.

AHS

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Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-06 21:46 -0400
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 13:45 +0300
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 15:52 +0300
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-05-07 09:44 -0700
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-07 21:37 -0400
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2013-05-07 18:10 -0400
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-07 21:38 -0400
      Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-08 17:48 -0300
        Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-12 22:17 -0400
          Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-17 19:35 -0300
            Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 18:53 -0400
              Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:02 -0400
                Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-17 20:14 -0300
                Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:29 -0400
                Re: lectures about "programming methodology" lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-05-18 11:07 +0100

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