passing by refference

[Joshua Marshall]

Tim Peters <tim.one at comcast.net> wrote:
...

> The idea that "call by value" has One True Objective Meaning is
> simply silly, as actually doing the literature search I suggested at
> the start would have shown you.  It's used to mean several distinct
> things, depending on the programming culture using it.

I guess one of the reasons I've continued taking part in this
discussion is that I think it's useful for terminology to be clear and
unambiguous; and I'm pushing toward that goal.  But I no longer think
that's likely (at least for these terms in this group of people).