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From: Schol-R-LEA <alicetrillianosako@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: on call by reference
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:59:00 -0400
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Alan Bawden:
> Schol-R-LEA <alicetrillianosako@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>     Johanne Fairchild:
>     > I tried to answer whether Scheme was call-by-reference and I did not
>     > think the definition of call-by-reference seen on the web is precise
>     > enough.
> 
>     Scheme is call-by-value; arguments to procedures are copied into the
>     parameters in the procedure's environment. As I understand it, even when
>     the argument is a reference - such as with a list - a full copy of the
>     argument is made local to the procedure.
> 
> If by "a full copy" you mean that a list passed to a procedure will be
> copied, then you are mistaken.

Ah, thank you for the correction.