There are other means of finding information than Google. Really.

This is really only a very minor point in my argument, so I dont want to put the focus on this.

But really, no.

Googling 'myprogramminglanguage conceptimtryingtofigureout' is my first, second and third line of defence. Yes, I could read the reference manual from top to bottom, and if I already knew about the existence of your article then im sure that would be a great help too. But the situation one finds oneself in is seeing two asterikses and not even being aware they are particular to function definitions/invocations. Im fluent in many different languages and well versed in CS concepts and jargon, but I had no idea what to search for when first trying to figure out the meaning of these symbols, and that does not happen often to me.
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