Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need a "new" C ? Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:15:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <86wmjaa0al.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <87ikxconq4.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20240711115418.00001cdf@yahoo.com> <20240712045301.394@kylheku.com> <87sewesg89.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <865xresvxz.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87h6ay3jaz.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87mskqtip3.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <8634m0ccjc.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87zfo7rija.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:15:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5475264e673852879913d2eef8867355"; logging-data="3696824"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18O//LdlUy+SVXGLdHrzhsoF9ZVa3DB0EI=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QRrZo/GyV/R8UQfoRFfhRFjRCko= sha1:gheytr9heDlqz6tRReOVa5h6DQc= Bytes: 2464 Janis Papanagnou writes: [excerpted for brevity] > In the domain of German speaking countries - isn't Tim located there? > (I somehow got the impression) - we've heard about "Parameterubergabe"; > [..] means passing, transferring, handing over, transmitting, etc. > > Because of that - and because I could not follow the thoughts of Tim's > last paragraph with his conclusion; I didn't find it convincing - I'd > think that "passing" would fit better, also in the light of historic > usage [hereabouts], even though I've often heared (and also used) the > phrase "call by" in the English CS domain in the past (and probably > still used to it). If you have something to say to me please respond to my posting directly.