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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need
 a "new" C ?
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bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 12/07/2024 12:44, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>
>> On 11.07.2024 22:37, bart wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/07/2024 21:29, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> 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.
>>
>> Neither is true. - Tertium datur!
>>
>> "Array passing" is in "C" realized using a pointer passing
>> mechanism where the pointer is passed "by value".
>>
>> Neither an array is passed [by value] nor there's a "call
>> by reference" mechanism in "C".
>
> So how are the elements of the caller's array accessed?

That is irrelevant to the question because array elements
are not arguments to the function.