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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Software landmines (was: Why C++ is successful)
Date: 1998/08/29
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Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> >The issue lies in the difference between "assignment" and "binding."
> 
>  I ran to my bookshelf to find an entry in any computer science text
>  on "binding" in the context you have used it.  None.  Reference, please.

Here are some references:

Programming Language Concepts and Paradigms
David A. Watt

Programming Languages: Design and Implementation
Terrence W. Pratt and Marvin V. Zelkowitz

Principles of Programming Languages
R.D. Tennent

Programming Language Structures
Carlo Ghezzi and Mehdi Jazayeri

Although they're a bit heavy on the theory, you might also want to take
a look at:

Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages
Bertrand Meyer

The Denotational Description of Programming Languages
Michael Gordon

The Meyer book contains a good description of the meaning of assignment.

Hope that helps,
Matt