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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need
 a "new" C ?
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:18:15 -0700
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
[...]
> IMHO, C++ is a particularly bad example.
> Yes, C++ has call-by-reference misfeature. But arrays in C++ are
> 2nd class citizen, same as in C. They can't be assigned and can't be
> passed to callee, neither by value nor by reference.
>
> Also, I suspect that if you ask Ken Thompson, he will tell you that C++
> does not really have 'call by reference'. Instead, it has references as
> 1st class object, so, naturally, values of references can be used
> during 'call by value'. 
> I have enough of respect to KT to consider that his POV is not a
> nonsense.

Is that an attempt at proof by authority?  Not only does Ken Thompson
have very little to do with C++, but you're basing your conclusion on
what you *suspect* he would say.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */