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Re: Evaluate or execute?
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Rudolf Adamkovič |
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Re: Evaluate or execute? |
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Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:14:03 +0200 |
"Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online> writes:
> Or, are the terms simply synonymous?
Tom, have no idea about "Worg", but in computer science, one evaluates
expressions to their values and executes statements for their side effects. For
instance, the expression 1 + 1 evaluates to the value of 2, while the statement
"print 2" causes a side-effect of displaying 2.
Rudy
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