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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
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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).
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