ACCU World of Code

Category: Java

  • Distribution of method chains in Java and Python

    Some languages support three different ways of organizing a sequence of functions/methods, with calls taking as their first argument the value returned by the immediately prior call. For instance, Java supports the following possibilities: r1=f1(val); r2=f2(r1); r3=f3(r2); // Sequential calls r3=f3(f2(f1(val))); // Nested calls, read right to left r3=val.f1().f2().f3(); // Method chain, read left to…

  • Distribution of program sizes

    Program size, in lines of code (LOC), used to be a topic of conversation among developers and managers. Program size is an issue when computer memory is measured in kilobytes. Large programs would be organized into overlays such that only small subsets needed to be held in memory at any time, i.e., programmer defined memory…