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Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

From David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: lectures about "programming methodology"
Date 2013-05-07 18:10 -0400
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References <classroom-20130505192642@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <lecture-20130506142026@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <Scope-20130507002447@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <51885ce2$0$32110$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>

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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...

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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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