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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 22:20:34 -0000 (UTC)
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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.