From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Converting Binary to Decimal - holy war alert
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:50:54 GMT
Date: 2001-03-29T22:50:54+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccpuf08a0h.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3ac2e2ed@pull.gecm.com
"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com> writes:
> Seriously though the 'A_'/'An_' notation is used in some s/w houses (I know
> of 3 spread across the UK), precisely to to highlight the difference between
> the abstract and the specific.
It's used in Smalltalk, too. Eg, if a method takes two Strings, they
will typically be called aString and anotherString. You can't declare
that they're of type String in Smalltalk -- the name of the thing (or a
comment) is the only hint.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-25 21:37 Converting Binary to Decimal WM
2001-03-26 4:51 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-03-26 12:36 ` Des Walker
2001-03-26 20:57 ` Phaedrus
2001-03-28 8:15 ` Converting Binary to Decimal - holy war alert Martin Dowie
2001-03-28 18:43 ` Phaedrus
2001-03-29 7:31 ` Martin Dowie
2001-03-29 22:50 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
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