Robert Kern wrote:
Unfortunately that's not much of an option for me. We are working on a project together so I am forced to either prove his notion incorrect or I give in to his conception. *throws hands in air*Richard Blackwood wrote:
Robert Kern wrote:
Fantastic, wikipedia deals precisely with the difference between variables in mathematics versus programming. However, he would never trust a definition from such an "unreputable" source. If you have any other sources I might direct him to...he maintains that the notion of foo being a variable where it's value is known (versus unknown) is illogical.If you must, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable
His problem is that he doesn't respect that technical terms can have different meanings in different fields and contexts. No authoritative reference can solve his problem for him. He's being overly pedantic about a field in which *he* is clearly not an authority. You can't convince such people, only ignore them.
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