Some Comments on the Coding of Programs

Holmes, Neville (2000) Some Comments on the Coding of Programs. Computer, 33 (11). 128, 126-127. ISSN 0018-9162

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Abstract

This essay examines common coding practices and, on the basis that program code should be designed to avoid errors, argues for example that punctuation symbols should not be used in program code as though they were in literary text. Carrying the argument further, it is asserted that the computing profession should not talk about programming languages or about writing programs, but about coding schemes and coding programs.

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Keywords:	program coding, Cobol, Rapidwrite, Autopromt, RPG, coding schemes, terminology
Subjects:	280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280300 Computer Software > 280303 Programming Languages 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280300 Computer Software > 280301 Programming Techniques
ID Code:	1978
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	24 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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