Language construct
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In
ISO/IEC 2382 standard (ISO/IEC JTC 1).[1]
A term is defined as a "linguistic construct in a conceptual schema language that refers to an entity".[1]
Although the term "language construct" may often used as a synonym for control structure, other kinds of logical constructs of a computer program include
functions, or modules
.
functions
. So while (true)
is a language construct, while add(10)
is a function call.
Examples of language constructs
In PHP print
is a language construct.[2]
<?php
print 'Hello world';
?>
is the same as:
<?php
print('Hello world');
?>
In Java a class is written in this format:
public class MyClass {
//Code . . . . . .
}
In C++ a class is written in this format:
class MyCPlusPlusClass {
//Code . . . .
};
References
- ^ a b "ISO/IEC 2382, Information technology — Vocabulary".
- ^ "PHP: print - Manual". www.php.net. Retrieved 2022-11-18.