by Patricia Shanahan <pats@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 2, 2008 at 09:10 AM
Stefan Ram wrote:
> This question is about English style with regard to Java.
>
> The context is a tutorial that just said:
>
> The activation of an operation expression is called
> »evaluation«. It will activate the operation that is
> given by the expression.
>
> (So far only expressions of the form »m()« have been
> discussed.)
>
> Now the question how to write the next sentence:
>
> I assume that the following sentences are all correct.
> But which one is to prefer for a tutorial?
>
> For example, when the expression
> »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is evaluated, the
> operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is activated.
Evaluation of the expression »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« activates
the operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()«.
[I'm not sure what this means, or whether it even means anything.]
Patricia
