09-03-2011, 02:55 PM
Orthogonal has meaning non-redundant, non-overlapping, or irrelevant And in computer science Orthogonal mean something - such as a programming language or a data object - is orthogonal if it can be used without consideration as to how its use will affect something else
a programming language is orthogonal if its features can be used without thinking about how that usage will affect other features. Pascal is sometimes considered to be an orthogonal language, while C++ is considered to be a non-orthogonal language.
a programming language is orthogonal if its features can be used without thinking about how that usage will affect other features. Pascal is sometimes considered to be an orthogonal language, while C++ is considered to be a non-orthogonal language.
