Undefined variable initial values.


R. Clayton (rclayton@monmouth.edu)
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  Given

    foot is m * s
    v : foot
    time : s
    len : m
    v = time * len

  are len and time considered values because they are variables?

Yes, but the question is: what specific numeric values are they? I've changed
the assignment to make clear that variables initially contain an undefined,
non-numeric value, that, because it's non-numeric, can't be legally used in
computations.

I think of it as a syntax error, but I can see where you'd think of it as a
semantic error. Let's avoid the issue by just calling it "an error".



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