Steve Comstock wrote: <begin extract> My whole point was to address the assertion from an earlier point in this thread that C invariably passes arguments by reference. </end extract>
and it is well that he did so. C has historically passed scalars by value, a silly term that means by copying their current values on to the stack. As many people here know, I am no great admirer of C; but it is not a silly language. It never passed aggregates, chiefly arrays and structures, "by value". John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
