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else clause
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debugging
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indentation
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program blocks for control
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declarative vs. procedural representation
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if-then-else test chain
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debugging by reading code
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decision table
Reference
Sime, M.E., Green, T.R.G., Guest, D.J., "Scope marking in computer conditionals--a psychological evaluation", Internation Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 9, 1, pp. 107-118, January 1977. Google
113 ;;Quote: NEST-INE (if..not..) mini-language had 1/10 the error lifetime of NEST-BE (if..then..else..) and JUMP (if..goto..)
113+;;Quote: error lifetime is how many attempts needed to solve an error
114 ;;Quote: make more syntactic mistakes in a nesting language and fewer semantic mistakes; dropping 'end' was most frequent
115 ;;Quote: a program contains sequence and taxon information; taxon is classification information
115 ;;Quote: understanding a program requires sequence information, but problems present taxon information, e.g., "are hard juicy objects ever roasted"
115 ;;Quote: a NEST language with automatic indenting redundantly specifies sequence information; should be better than a JUMP language
116 ;;Quote: redundant repetition of predicates allows one to determine the taxon for an action independent of sequence information
116+;;Quote: since error correction requires taxon information, it is easier with redundant repetition of predicates
116 ;;Quote: decision tables and production systems present the taxa; human must discover the sequence
116+;;Quote: non-procedural languages need redundant re-coding of sequence information; otherwise it is obscured
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Topic: debugging by reading code (11 items)
Topic: decision table (29 items)