Posted by John W. Kennedy on 10/05/07 20:57

blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
> In article <1PUMi.21$WQ1.20@newsfe12.lga>,
> John W. Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> However, some implementations passed /and returned/ elementary arguments
>> by value, as Ada does.

> In FORTRAN/Fortran, don't they call that "copy-in/copy-out"? Same
> thing, just nitpicking a little about terminology, I hope correctly.

Back in the day, IBM called it "by copy". I'm not acquainted with modern
versions of the language.
--
John W. Kennedy
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and
Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes.
The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being
corrected."
-- G. K. Chesterton

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