I may have lost a bunch of Tech Tuesday readers with that post on semantics last week, so today I am hoping to gain some back with a much easier topic! We are continuing the cycle on programming by looking at how programs refer to things. Again let’s start by looking at human language. If I say “William Henry Gates III” then I am referring to the co-founder of Microsoft by his full given name. In the right context I could simply say “Bill” and everyone would know who it was. Alternatively, I ...
