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From: Alan Bawden <alan@csail.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: on call by reference
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:22:14 -0400
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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.

- Alan