From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: Pass by reference Date: 2000/11/15 Message-ID: <3183311478192040@naggum.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 694058620 References: <3A115DFA.E73FCC70@nyc.rr.com> <8uub0q$9t5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A12D88D.5114@my-deja.com> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 974323022 18665 195.0.192.66 (15 Nov 2000 21:17:02 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 800 35477; gsm: +47 93 256 360; fax: +47 93 270 868; http://naggum.no; http://naggum.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Nov 2000 21:17:02 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * John Clonts | If I understand you correctly, the "call-by-reference languages" you | are referring to include c++ with its "&" reference parameter passing. | I can't seem to think of any others which would comply. [...] Can | you name any other "call-by-reference languages"? Pascal's VAR variables. Algol's and Simula's pass by NAME. Ada's OUT arguments. The list is longer. #:Erik -- ALGORITHM: a procedure for solving a mathematical problem in a finite number of steps that frequently involves repetition of an operation. ALGOREISM: a procedure for solving an electoral problem in a finite number of steps that frequently involves repetition of an operation.