> At 2001-11-01 22:10, raul sierra alcocer wrote:
>
> >What mechanism of transmiting parameters does Haskell implement?
>
> By value.
Yes, though one might equally say that they are passed by
reference, since in
g = let f x = x+x
z = factorial 1000
in f z * z
the 'first' instance of x forces z to be evaluated and
updated, the second instance of x uses this updated value,
and so does the final occurrence of z.
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