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by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.11.1/8.11.1) id h1BER8H22413
for icon-group-addresses; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 07:27:08 -0700 (MST)
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From: ernobe <ernobe@yahoo.com>
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Subject: data values
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:42:19 -0600
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"The Implementation of the Icon programming language" is available for
free download at the Icon website.
In the Preface it is mentioned that one of the target audiences could be
ordinary computer users who might have an interest in Icon, therefore it
might be worthwhile to discuss its contents in a public newsgroup, where
different viewpoints on such a clear and evident fundamental text can
help further the understanding of more experienced users or encourage
those like myself who have in fact no other means available to further
an understanding of, and clear up confusions related to, the study
before us. Anyway, in Chapter 2, page 9, there appears that,
"A source-language file is a data value that provides an interface
between the program and a data file in the environment in which the
program executes".
Considering that source-language files are what programs are
made from, the previous statement is unclear in that it states that a
source language file provides an interface between things that it has
not yet created. Would it not be clearer to say that such a file
creates a data file in the environment, which is then used by the
program?