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Costin Cozianu wrote:
> Now please give me the reference in the Third Manifesto where Date
> defines what a variable is.
Pages 9-11 discuss these differences:
- value (e.g. false)
- appearance: a reference to a value (e.g. either boolean b = false, or
a private boolean b = false)
- variable (a holder of an appearance) (the aforementioned b)
- encoding (physical representation) (e.g. using 0/1 in an Oracle
column)
Why did you ask?
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