Abstract types defined as classes of variables
@inproceedings{Parnas1976AbstractTD, title={Abstract types defined as classes of variables}, author={D. Parnas and J. Shore and D. M. Weiss}, booktitle={Conference on Data: Abstraction, Definition and Structure}, year={1976} }
The concept of “type” has been used without a precise definition in discussions about programming languages for 20 years. Before the concept of user defined data types was introduced, a definition was not necessary for discussions of specific programming languages. The meaning of the term was implicit in the small list of possible types supported by the language. There was even enough similarity between different languages so that this form of definition allowed discussions of languages in… CONTINUE READING
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