From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-25 05:44:49 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!dcs.gla.ac.uk!unix.brighton.ac.uk!je From: je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English) Subject: Re: Ada/Pascal (was Re: Why don't large companies use Ada?) Message-ID: <1994Nov25.131951.20043@unix.brighton.ac.uk> Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Organization: University of Brighton, UK X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3alh02$rgo@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <3atp2k$job@eve.atm.com> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 13:19:51 GMT Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16957 comp.lang.c++:80253 Date: 1994-11-25T13:19:51+00:00 List-Id: Stefan Tilkov (st@hobbes.mlc-ratingen.de) wrote: : It might interest you that the correct (German) pronunciation of "Wirth" : sounds more like "weird" than "worth". : No pun intended, of course ;-) Aha, "call by name" vs. "call by value" (= "worth") ;-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John English | Thoughts for the day: Dept. of Computing | - People who live in windowed environments University of Brighton | shouldn't cast pointers E-mail: je@brighton.ac.uk | - In C++ only your friends can access your Fax: 0273 642405 | private parts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------