... They can but since variables are dynamically scoped.... Well.. basic doesn't have subroutines, this was introduced by quickbasic and then extended in VB....
Don't mean to belabor this, but can't you write a self invloking "function" that accepts parameters ... From: straight_talking_java@yahoogroups.com ...
Victor Grazi
victor.grazi@...
Jan 1, 2006 10:38 pm
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... This is more of a question of how languages manage variable bindings rather then execution. Basic is dynamically bound and as a result all variables are...
... I should have added that this is a fundamental reason behind why we don't have closures in Java. Java is staticly bound and it's variables do not survive...
Oh, good grief! Fortran was my first computer language in Sophomore year of High School (1969! I think my high school, Brooklyn Tech, was the only HS in New...
Victor Grazi
victor.grazi@...
Jan 2, 2006 4:24 am
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... X*) ... Most likely at you didn't discuss binding as it is not a topic for beginners. However determining and understanding how a language manages bindings...
... I'm sure I would have done much better. ;-} ... If it's just programmers swapping opinions about which neat features are the best, yes. Sadly. But as for...
On 12/30/05, Jon Kern <jonkern@...> wrote: [snipped quotes from article and responses] I didn't bother to go read Joel's drivel (I gave up on him quite...
Might not a bit of context (ie: reading the whole article) be appropriate? Even if you don't normally read what the guy writes in the case of a discussion...
... Planet Mirror (Australia based, I think?) has mirrored copies of loads of s/w, including many Linux distros, and JDK's too, IIRC. I often use them as a...
... Amen to that! DR ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important...
I haven't weighed in yet... :) What I read echoes Eric's opinion, that Joel's piece is a crock of horsehockey, which is why I don't read him. Used to be a time...
... My take: Joel - and Paul Graham too - absolutely *can* be arrogant and closed-minded about a number of tech topics (and important topics - they ought to...
... Whoops - I forgot one: "I have never met anyone who can do Scheme, Haskell, and C pointers who can't pick up Java in two days, and create better Java code...
I've actually seen code like this. It's a nightmare. One Java-based open source project I looked at recently did the project build using a make script! (And...
... I don't have the time or patience to go through paragraph-by-paragraph and pick apart his ridiculous arguments and statements - several other of our list...
... I went back and reread his article. That main point is stated" Years of whinging by lazy CS undergrads like me, combined with complaints from industry...
and i saw a FORTRAN code (senior guy) create a Java program he was proud of -- he picked it up attending night school. it consisted of a single class. not sure...
wonder if he's just trying to push his movie http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/12/01.html "Four interns are brought into Manhattan and given 12 weeks to...
... What's so special about May, 2006? ;-) Happy new year. I just spent mine trying to make Ubuntu boot off a USB disk on my laptop, no luck. Must be all that...
Happy new year. I just spent mine trying to make Ubuntu boot off a USB disk on my laptop, no luck. Must be all that xmas and new year's cheer I've been...
Good one - but I think it can't be done. Ctrl-F6 let's you change the return type/parameters/exceptions for a method, but it won't work on a field. ... From:...
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