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Why is Today() an example of an impure function?
It seems like, when reading something like this Wikipedia article about "pure functions", they list Today() as an example of an impure function but it seems pretty pure to me. Is it because there is ...
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Looking for terminology for the relation of a subject and a predicate
While writing some predicates for collection filtering I have stumbled over the choice of the right words for the relation of the subject and the predicate (English is a foreign language for me). What ...
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Is there a difference between arguments and parameters?
It might be like this: Parameter means from the callers POV and arguments mean inside the procedure, or other way round.
Or is there no difference?
Update
In Swedish we say "anropsparametrar" i.e. ...
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Feature vs. Function
Often I hear PMs (Project Managers) talk about feature and function. And I'm just so puzzled to differentiate them. Sometimes I think of a feature to be equivalent to a user story. Something like "As ...
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Static methods or static functions?
I was just reading http://stackoverflow.com/questions/155609/what-is-the-difference-between-a-method-and-a-function and all of a sudden, the thing came to my mind was the static methods.
As static ...
