Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943023
Author: Robert W. Sebesta
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 16RQ

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Static and Dynamic ancestor of a SubProgram:

Consider that there are many methods are defined in a program. Static ancestor of a subprogram A() is defined as all the methods in a program in which method A() is defined.

Static ancestor of a SubProgram:

The definition of a method can be directly nested within only one procedure or method and this is called static parent procedure of this method. This can be nested with other procedure and so on up to the main() program...

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