On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 12:17:35AM +0000, Howard Page-Clark wrote: > > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > >> This is not orthogonal. VAR parameters are generally updated > > >> instantaniously. By delaying the update over a temp variable you break > > >> another aspect of the VAR parameter. > > I don't understand 'not orthogonal' in this sentence. What meaning does > orthogonal have apart from 'being at right angles to' ?
I'm not entirely sure where the phrase comes from (see also Mehmet), but I guess it has something to do with the axises in a Carthesian coordinate system, and from there dimensions (point,length,area,volume etc). A translation along one axis doesn't change the other in classic geometry. Assume it came to indicate absence of side-effects from there. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
