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6 modular programming

Keeping things straight

I know he said he knew a better
way to do things, but this wasn‛t
what I had in mind.

The code that you write will make its way into many programs.
And, although sharing is good, you need to be careful. One programmer might take your
code and use it in an unexpected way, while another might change it without even letting
you know. You might want to use one function in all your programs and, over time, that
function’s code might change to suit your needs. Smart programmers take advantage of
modular programming techniques to keep their workload manageable. Let’s find out how
in the pages that follow...

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