[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Confusing comparison with Pascal call-by-reference

From: Michael Sperber <sperber>
Date: Wed Feb 28 02:14:31 2007

Mikael Tillenius <mti_at_tillenius.com> writes:

> I still think its confusing to talk about Pascals value/reference
> parameters since reference in that context means reference to local
> variable (which Scheme doesn't support). Scheme values are more
> similar to Pascal pointers.

I guess I'll just try to avoid this terminology entirely. Thanks for
pointing out the problem!

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
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Received on Wed Feb 28 2007 - 02:14:28 UTC

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