Re: Pronouns in programming language?

genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)
21 Mar 2000 23:39:50 -0500

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From: genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 21 Mar 2000 23:39:50 -0500
Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction
References: 00-02-149 00-02-163 00-03-011
Keywords: design, syntax

>> COBOL also has condition names which in effect allow elision of
>> subject field name and relational! The condition name feature includes
>> ranges and list of values. You can code something like
>
>
>COBOL also has the MOVE CORRESPONDING verb to move data
>with the same field name between records, which is pronoun-like.


          Similarly, PL/I has the BY NAME clause when assigning to a
structure from another structure.


Sincerely,


Gene Wirchenko


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