Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Teaching kids to program (in Java) Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 18:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4f8e22d5$0$293$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4f8f4c40$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <20638428.276.1334951022461.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcsx5> <56h3p7phgturh7hkno6k1q9pfohfdi5b6j@4ax.com> <4fa5c494$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5dufq71s4u82bdq3p9tprl7jmhgj48mim8@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1336414665 475 84.45.235.129 (7 May 2012 18:17:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 18:17:45 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14376 On Mon, 07 May 2012 09:43:31 -0700, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > No, I can not remember the last time I saw production code with > deliberately-used octal constants. In fact, I do not think that I have > ever seen code with the leading zero octal constant (except as a > documentation example or as an example of this problem). > Me neither, at least not since I last used an ICL 1900, which would be back in the late 1970s. > From time to time, I do see call statements (or their > equivalent). I will be seeing more and more. The call statement in > T-SQL is execute, and that is used quite a bit. > Its quite a common verb in COBOL too. Used every time an external subroutine is run. CALL "that-subroutine" USING PARAM-1 PARAM-2. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |