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SitePoint PHP Blog:
Why Is a String Called a String?
Jul 27, 2017 @ 16:52:40

On the SitePoint PHP blog editor Bruno Skvorc has written up a post that talks about why a string is called a "string" going back through the history of the term and discovering its origins.

Why is a string called a string? Have you ever given this some thought? We never use such a word in contexts other than programming for a set of letters sticking together, and yet – in programming it’s as pervasive as the word “variable”. Why is that, and where does it come from?

To find out, we have to tackle some related terms first. History lesson time!

He starts with these related terms including "font", "uppercase" and "lowercase". He talks about the printing process and how the "stringing together" of the series of characters might have been how customers using the press were charged. He then shifts over to the academic world for background there relating to a series of numbers and letters used in decision problems. The term caught on and showed up in several other academic papers over the years ending up eventually in programming language definitions and examples.

tagged: string term history printingpress letters sequence academic programming

Link: https://www.sitepoint.com/why-is-a-string-called-a-string/

Sebastian Bergmann's Blog:
Static Analysis of PHP Code
Jun 09, 2006 @ 10:51:11

In this blog entry Sebastian Bergmann notes a sudden surge of interest from the academi ccommunity about PHP.

At least with regard to using static code analysis to automatically detect security vulnerabilities in PHP applications.

I started to collect links to scientific papers on this subject here.

So far, he's already gathered a few - two from Pxy, one from Stanford, and another from the Secure Systems Lab (at the Technical University of Vienna).

tagged: static analysis articles papers academic world static analysis articles papers academic world

Link:

Sebastian Bergmann's Blog:
Static Analysis of PHP Code
Jun 09, 2006 @ 10:51:11

In this blog entry Sebastian Bergmann notes a sudden surge of interest from the academi ccommunity about PHP.

At least with regard to using static code analysis to automatically detect security vulnerabilities in PHP applications.

I started to collect links to scientific papers on this subject here.

So far, he's already gathered a few - two from Pxy, one from Stanford, and another from the Secure Systems Lab (at the Technical University of Vienna).

tagged: static analysis articles papers academic world static analysis articles papers academic world

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