I’d been thinking about writing some posts on “hope,” but General Convention-related topics seem to be crowding that topic out. Don’t give up on it, though.
Posted by AKMA at August 25, 2003 03:48 PM | TrackBackNote the new asterisks whenever we reference favoriteNumber, except for that new line right before the return.
Posted by: Sander at January 13, 2004 12:55 PMThese secret identities serve a variety of purposes, and they help us to understand how variables work. In this lesson, we'll be writing a little less code than we've done in previous articles, but we'll be taking a detailed look at how variables live and work.
Posted by: Blanche at January 13, 2004 12:55 PMWhen a variable is finished with it's work, it does not go into retirement, and it is never mentioned again. Variables simply cease to exist, and the thirty-two bits of data that they held is released, so that some other variable may later use them.
Posted by: Archibald at January 13, 2004 12:56 PM