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Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

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From David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
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Subject Re: lectures about "programming methodology"
Date Tue, 07 May 2013 18:01:40 -0400
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On 06/05/2013 9:56 AM, Sven Köhler wrote:
> On 05/06/2013 03:23 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>    He said that a variable had a name. This is not always true
>>    in Java (he referred to Java, since he is exclusively using
>>    Java). In Java there also are anonymous variables, like the
>>    variables of an array.
>
> I know that you are particular precise about thing, but I'm pretty sure,
> he will teach that arrays have elements. And he pretty much never
> mention the term "anonymous variable" to describe these elements.
> To be honest, the notion "anonymous vairable" is really not necessary to
> understand how arrays work - and to be honest, your posting is the first
> time I read that term.

I've never heard the term "anonymous variable" but I've heard of 
"computed names" and "l-values" (for "left hand side of the assignment 
symbol", and contrasted with "R-values"). Admittedly all of this was in 
non-Java contexts.

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Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-06 16:56 +0300
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-06 17:24 +0300
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2013-05-07 18:01 -0400

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