Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Brown Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_technology_discussion_=E2=86=92_does_the_world_need?= =?UTF-8?B?IGEgIm5ldyIgQyA/?= Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:54:11 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <877cdur1z9.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <871q42qy33.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87ed82p28y.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87r0c1nzjj.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <86ikxd8czu.fsf@linuxsc.com> <20240710213910.00000afd@yahoo.com> <865xtc87yo.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87msmnu5e3.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87frsfu0yp.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0d63f29bdb823407c5eda4702e8b85d8"; logging-data="3054375"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1++h7K6s3O0c8Nn+UwREV/5CrRphQQKKOU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:NXBPVpINxaPqSGCXPYxuCVlNpwk= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2394 On 11/07/2024 22:37, bart wrote: > On 11/07/2024 21:29, Keith Thompson wrote: >> bart writes: >>> This my first comment on the subject: >>> >>> "Arrays are passed by reference: >>>    ... >>> Although ..." >> >> And that statement was incorrect, even with the "Although". > > So arrays are passed by value? Gotcha. > False dichotomy - and you know that. Arrays are not passed at all in C. Try writing that out on a post-it and attach it to your screen, so that you will re-read it before every post you make.