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Stropping (syntax)

In computer language design, stropping is a method of explicitly marking letter sequences as having a special property, such as being a keyword, or a certain type of variable or storage location, and thus inhabiting a different namespace from ordinary names ("identifiers"), in order to avoid clashes. Stropping is not used in most modern languages –…

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Unstropping by the compiler

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Stropping (syntax)

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples5
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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Important terminology

stropping algol used reserved words identifiers languages different use identifier example language name also similar keyword modern keywords 60 names

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
QEDinstance ofin loco parentis.logic and mathematical terms0.80text
a prioriinstance ofin loco parentis.logic and mathematical terms0.80text
vice versa...In written Japaneseinstance ofin loco parentis.logic and mathematical terms0.80text
in addition to Kanji charactersinstance ofin loco parentis.logic and mathematical terms0.80text
the two distinct alphabetsinstance ofin loco parentis.logic and mathematical terms0.80text

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