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Article #7946Re: Language puzzle
From: Dave Bird
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 02:23
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 02:23
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In article <3af0a403$1_2@dnews>, John McGrath [TeamB] <ng-
b@JPMcGrath.net> writes
>Java requires that all variables be "definitely assigned", which means that
>the compiler must be able to verify, using relatively simple flow analysis,
>that every variable will be assigned a value before it is used.
OK, you got me: I failed to come up with that angle. Perhaps I
should have been curious enough to try compiling them!
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