Matthias Felleisen wrote at 07/21/2014 09:10 AM:
call-by-value/pass-by-worth
Especially since Pascal was the first place that I was exposed to
different kinds of calling conventions, I've been waiting for this
thread to mention some version of the Niklaus Wirth joke:
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce his name the right way
('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's
Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans
call him by value.
-- Introduction by Adriaan van Wijngaarden at the IFIP Congress
(1965).
Neil V.
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