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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960307143932.2763A-100000@grad>,
Timothy Miller  <millert@csee.usf.edu> wrote:
>
>I have Stroustrup's book on C++, and his use of the terms 'declaration' 
>and 'definition' are odd to me.
>
>With a few exceptions, Stroustrup's book uses definition and
>declaration completely reverse of what I was taught in school and by
>books on programming C that I have read.
>
>Is he making a mistake or am I?

Think about the English language.  A definition is meant to fully
describe the term, in the definition, one can use other terms that are
defined elsewhere.  A definition is a substantial thing.  (If your
dictionary if less then 4 inches thick, go find a real dictionary, and
lookup a simple work, like `a'.  You will find something rather
complete, and quite long.

For example, consider:

void walk();

verses

void walk() {
	while (1)
	{
		move_right_leg_forward ();
		move_left_leg_forward ();
	}
}

and

walk (verb).

verses

walk (verb): The act of repeatedly moving the right leg forward, followed by
	     moving the left leg forward.


and the words definition and declaration.  The longer form immediatly
above seems to be a definition of the word walk.  The one just prior,
just a declaration that the word walk is a verb.  The later is not
considered a definition of the word walk.  In this same way, the first
one above, is just a declaration of the verb, opps, I mean function
walk.  It doesn't say what walk is.  To know what it is, you would
have to consult a _definition_ of the work walk someplace.  The
definition of walk appears just below the declaration.

Seems to make sense to me.  Can you cite the books and provide quotes?
I am really curious to know if it is just you memory playing tricks on
you, or if in fact someone else uses the terms differently.