Talk:Computer Programming/Variables

The introduction to variables may make sense for a course to "Programming C" and a like. But in a more broader context it does not satisfy me. Some thoughts:

Variables may reference values rather than stand in for. You can make the variables to reference to another value later on in the program, you can have to variables to reference the same value and you can then manipulate these value through either variable.

The later is explained in the text, but we may abstract from "memory addresses" here.

Moreover, there are programming languages where you have to declare a variable before you can use but don't need to give it a type. I'm thinking of Oz here. In some dynamically typed languages like ruby, procedures/functions/methods declare proc./func./method need arguments (which are variables) declared but without a type.


 * Your points make sense...why don't you edit the page?
 * This 'book's in a bit of a larval state still and still needs some work Dysprosia 09:16, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC)


 * textbook.wikipedia.org was just mentioned in a couple of slashdot comments (not articles! don't panic!). I doubt that there'll be lots of people arriving but there might be a few gawkers moving through.


 * I tried to edit the introduction but could not figure how to get to it.
 * What I was trying to add
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AlMac 09:25, 16 July 2005 (UTC)