Re: Integer & String vs Number & Text

Right now I'm helping a friend learn how to program, but I found the use of
"text" to be a disadvantage because he found the distinction between text
data and text in general hard to understand. For example, a variable name
or expression is also "text."

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Steve Dekorte <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I agree. "Text" might be a good change when we rewrite string to be UTF8
> based. Io already uses "Number", which is a C double.
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> On May 16, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Kurtis Rainbolt-Greene <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> > Normally in Programming a numeric entity is called an Integer (when
> > it's not a Float, or similar complex number) and a series of
> > characters is called a String.
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> > As a teacher of programming I often find myself explaining what String
> > and Integer are. They're not normally used words outside of
> > programming, math, or other complex scientific domains.
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> > I've found, if a bit controversial, it much easier to call them by
> > their more used synonyms: Number & Text. People have a easier time
> > grasping onto that.
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> > Thoughts?
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Henrik Enggaard Hansen