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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 23:43:38 +0100
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On 01.03.2025 23:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 21:32:59 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> 
>> My guess is that this form is just an informal syntax mimicking Perl's
>> function parameter passing ...
> 
> The idea of passing arguments by keyword predates Perl.

That wouldn't surprise me. - I know it from Perl. - Which other
(earlier) languages do you have in mind? - What's its origin?

Janis, curious