Pass by reference ?

[François Pinard]

"Robert W. Cunningham" <rcunning at acm.org> writes:

> In my own mind, to escape the ambiguity of how "Pass By Reference" and
> "Pass By Value" are discussed in Computer Science, and how those same
> terms are (mis)used when discussing Python, I've been using the idea of
> "Pass By Clone".

Just a little story, popping into my mind while reading this.

Niklaus Wirth, whose name is attached to Pascal, was asked by a conference
attendee how his name should be pronounced.  He replied: "If you call me by
name, you should say Veert.  But if you call me by value, rather say Worth."

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard